Howl (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
IndiePix Price: $14.95
RUNTIME - 84 minutes
RATING - R (MPAA)
YEAR - 2010
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
SPECIAL FEATURES -
Note: James Franco in conversation with directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman - an all new feature length audio commentary
Holy! Holy! Holy! Making of Howl - featuring directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, stars James Franco, John Hamm, David Strathairn, Treat Williams, Bob Balaban, poet Anne Waldman, and others
Directors' research tapes - original interviews with Ginsberg's friends and collaborators Eric Drooker, Peter Orlovsky, Tuli Kupferberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Steven Taylor
Allen Ginsberg reads Howl - never before seen footage from a performance in 1995 at the Knitting Factory in New York
James Franco reads Howl audio feature
Allen Ginsberg reads Sunflower Sutra and Pull My Daisy - never before seen footage from a performance in 1995 at the Knitting Factory in New York
GENRES - biography, drama, fine & media arts, glbt, politics
Film Info
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HARVEY MILK filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman make an ambitious leap to narrative film with this hybrid of live-action drama and animation. HOWL divides its focus between the real-life obscenity trial of the eponymous poem by Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) and the epic poem itself, which is brought to life in animated form. This film also stars David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels, and Mary-Louise Parker.
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FESTIVALS
- Berlin International Film Festival 2010 (Berlin, Germany)
- Frameline: San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2010 (San Francisco, United States)
- Outfest 2010 (Los Angeles, USA)
- Seattle International Film Festival 2010 (Seattle, United States)
- Sundance Film Festival 2010 (Park City, United States)
Press
"It's a heady flight into not just a particular poem but into the act of creativity itself, into how an artist breaks down barriers between himself and his art."
- Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"Intelligent and highly respectful of its central character and his titular landmark poem....It's also an intriguing hybrid of documentary, narrative and animated filmmaking..."
- Todd McCarthy, Variety
"[E]ach of HOWL's individual parts is pretty good on its terms. Franco has Ginsberg's familiar intonation and mannerisms down." -- Grade:B
