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Two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.Two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.Two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.
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Patricia Llaca
- Mary
- (as Patricia De Llaca)
Khotan Fernandez
- Federale Officer
- (as Kothan)
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- TriviaThe trailer shows scenes not in the final version of the film. These seem to include scenes with Jack Kerouac and others from New York appearing only in brief flashback in the film. As well, a scene of William Burroughs reading a newspaper story to Joan about a fire at a zoo. The phrase "and the hippos were boiled in their tanks" which comes from this story was the title of the unpublished novel by Kerouac and Burroughs about the David Kammerer murder.
- Quotes
Joan Vollmer: So, do they have ruins down in Guatemala?
William S. Burroughs: It's all ruins. Or it all will be, given enough time.
Joan Vollmer: Ah, just like people.
William S. Burroughs: Yes. But people decay more promptly than Mayan temples.
- ConnectionsVersion of Naked Lunch (1991)
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Norman Reedus
I enjoyed this film, the actors being excellent & NORMAN REEDUS a talent I had not previously had the luck to experience. Courtney Love & Keifer Sutherland are spot on as the duelling couple. Ron Livingston's part as Ginsberg is brief yet assured, & the dialogue is crackling. I bought this for £1 in Sainsburys whilst doing the shopping. It's one of my best DVD buys, actually. It's certainly an ambitious film, yet it works.
The scenes are the right length & the director never gets consumed with his subject- this could easily have been an obsessive project. All in all, a worthy look at the moment when Burroughs became a writer.
The scenes are the right length & the director never gets consumed with his subject- this could easily have been an obsessive project. All in all, a worthy look at the moment when Burroughs became a writer.
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- MrDaynes
- Jul 4, 2007
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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