Review of Howl (2010) by William B — 08 Jun 2011
A while back before I saw the film, I remember reading an article or something about it, which described how the filmmakers tried to figure out what possible kind of approach they could take to making a film about a poem.
They ended up with something that in form and content, had never really been done before. The film was composed of three distinct parts: recreations of interviews with Franco as Ginsberg in the late fifties and flashbacks of the events he spoke of, beautiful animation sequences that attempt to bring to life the imagry of Howl as Franco reads it, and an exact recreation of the obscenity trial that took place over the publication.
One of the most remarkable things about the film, is that it starts off with a disclaimer that every word spoken in it was actually spoken by the people portayed. I loved this approach to an idea, and I think it worked perfectly.
James Franco was also fantastic, sometimes I swear he sounded exactly like Ginsberg.
This review of Howl (2010) was written by William B on 08 Jun 2011.
Howl has generally received positive reviews.
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