简介：AportraitoftheAmericanBeatpoet,Buddhistandcounter-culturalhero,whodiedinNewYorkin1997,thisrevealingdocumentaryincludeshislasttelevisioninterviewaswellasextraordinaryfootageofhisfinaldays.Participantsincludehisfamilyandfriends,fellowpoetsandperformers,PattiSmithandPaulMcCartney.ComposerandcollaboratorPhilipGlassalsoappearsandthereisarareinterviewwithGinsbergslife-longpartnerPeterOrlovsky. Ginsbergcandidlydiscusseshispersonallifeandliterarycareerinthefilmandprovidesaccesstohomemoviesofhimselfasachild.Archivefootageprovidesafascinatingoverviewofthepoetseventfullife:his1965readingattheRoyalAlbertHall,hischantingatthe1968DemocraticConventionandattheRockyFlatsplutoniumplantandTVinterviewswithWilliamBuckleyandDickCavett.ThereisalsoachancetoseepreviouslyunseenfilmofhiminperformancewithPaulMcCartneyaswellasPattiSmithspoignantNewYorkmemorialservicetribute. GinsbergwasalwaysinterestedintheideaofdeathandinvitedJonasMekas(aleadinglightoftheUSundergroundcinema)tofilmhisfinalmoments.ThelastsequenceshowsGinsbergonhisdeathbedinhisloftinNewYork. AllenGinsbergwasborninNewJerseyin1926,thesonofawell-knownpoetandteacher.AsastudentatColumbiainthe1940shestruckupfriendshipswithWilliamBurroughs,JackKerouacandNealCassady.GinsbergbecameassociatedwiththeBeatmovementinthe1950sandpublishedhisfirstvolumeofpoetryHowlandOtherPoemsin1956.Howlovercamecensorshiptrialstobecomeoneofthemostwidelyreadpoemsofthecentury.Agreatloverofmusic,GinsbergcollaboratedwithBobDylan,PaulMcCartneyandPhilipGlass.…