It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
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Verdict: Flop
> Rob Epstein (Director)
> Jeffrey Friedman (Director)
> Edward Lachman (Director of Photography)
> Rob Epstein (Writer)
> Jeffrey Friedman (Writer)