LowellBlues:TheWordsofJackKerouac

  • 120分钟
  • LowellBluesrememberstheplaceJackKerouaccouldnotfor… LowellBluesrememberstheplaceJackKerouaccouldnotforget.Byfusingvisualhistory,languageandjazzintoa30-minutefilmpoem,LowellBluesilluminatesKerouac'schildhoodholyland.ExcerptsfromKerouac'snovel,Dr.Sax,arereadby:GregoryCorso,JohnnyDepp,CarolynCassady,DavidAmram,RobertCreeley,andJoyceJohnson.Ferrinipaintsanilluminatedlandscaperichinmysteryandpossibility.LowellBluesisacanvasinmotion.AcanvasmadeevenmorevividbyahauntingsoundtrackbyaltosaxophonistLeeKonitz,drummerJimDohertyandBoston'sown"godfatherofpunk"WillieAlexander.Thefilminterpretshowplaceactivatesthewriter'simagination,andhowthewriter'sartreshapeshiscitywithreverenceandrespect.Betweentheframeswerecollectthelifeofayoungwriterexploringhisorigins-education,theCatholicchurch,birthanddeath.Kerouac'stextspeakstothe1930sinwhichhegrewup.Byusingbotharchivalandcontemporaryfootage,LowellBluesmeldsmodernexperiencestogetherwithKerouac'schildhoodtocreateatimelesssenseofplace.LowellBlues,likeKerouac'swriting,swirlswordandimage,musicandmovementintoetherealimagesofAmerica'sabundant,evermorphing,character.LowellBluesremembersthecityontheriverwhere"memoryanddreamareintermixedinthismaduniverse."

LowellBlues:TheWordsofJackKerouac评论

  • 评论加载中...