The Beat Hotel

The Beat Hotel

Movie 2012-03-30 1h 28m Documentary
★ 4.5 / 10 · 4 votes

The Beat Hotel, a new film by Alan Govenar, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris during the heady years between 1957 and 1963, when Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso fled the obscenity trials in the United States surrounding the publication of Ginsberg’s poem Howl. They took refuge in a cheap no-name hotel they had heard about at 9, Rue Git le Coeur and were soon joined by William Burroughs, Ian Somerville, Brion Gysin, and others from England and elsewhere in Europe, seeking out the “freedom” that the Latin Quarter of Paris might provide.

Status
Released
Director
Alan Govenar
Cast
Jean-Jacques Lebel Jean-Jacques Lebel Self
Harold Chapman Harold Chapman Self
Elliot Rudie Elliot Rudie Self
Regina Weinreich Regina Weinreich Self
Barry Miles Barry Miles Self
Peter Golding Peter Golding Self
Oliver Harris Oliver Harris Self
'Cyclops' Lester 'Cyclops' Lester Self
Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg Self (archive footage) William S. Burroughs William S. Burroughs Self (archive footage) Gregory Corso Gregory Corso Self (archive footage)
George Whitman George Whitman Self
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