Lawrence Ferlinghetti Trailers
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Most Popular Lawrence Ferlinghetti Trailers
Total trailers found: 19
Be-In Trailer (1967)
01 February 1967
Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria.
The Source Trailer (1999)
23 January 1999
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S.
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder Trailer (2009)
01 April 2009
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters.
Woodstock Trailer (1970)
26 March 1970
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
Merton: A Film Biography Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism.
The Last Waltz Trailer (1978)
26 April 1978
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.
The Darwin Awards Trailer (2007)
25 June 2007
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police.
Wholly Communion Trailer (1965)
31 December 1965
A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets together under one roof at the Royal Albert Hall on June 11, 1965, for an evening of near-hallucinatory revelry.
On the Road to Desolation Trailer (1997)
11 October 1997
Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a fire-watcher on Washington state's Desolation Peak.
Goldmouth Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti shows the walk he often took from his house in Portero Hill to his bookstore, City Lights in North Beach.
Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses? Trailer (1958)
22 April 1958
Documentary about a rubbish dump by Allen Willis, Philip Greene, and David Myers.
The Last Tears from Planet Earth Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A visionary voyage in a deserted land where the human race is a distant memory. This fusion of live footage, mirror photography and computer animation set to the pulse of electronic music of Lorenzo Brusci is a hauntingly beautiful elegy for humanity.
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press Trailer (2008)
26 September 2008
A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication.
The Joy of Life Trailer (2005)
22 May 2005
A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to share two San Francisco stories: the history of the Golden Gate Bridge as “suicide landmark,” and the story of a butch dyke in San Francisco searching for love and self-discovery.
The War Prayer Trailer (2005)
07 November 2005
"In 1904, disgusted by the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War, Mark Twain wrote a short anti-war prose poem called "The War Prayer.
The Beats: An Existential Comedy Trailer (1980)
26 May 1980
A "film poem" that focuses on the Beat poetry scene of the late 1950s.
A Ferlinghetti Poem Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. An Animation Workshop film that visualizes the beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem "The World is a Beautiful Place" by melding collage and cel animation.
