The Source
The Source
A Documentary and History film released in 1999, The Source runs 1h 28m and comes from the United States. Soap2Day lists it with Chuck Workman directing and Johnny Depp and Dennis Hopper in the cast. It holds 5.6/10 from 16 votes. Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Chuck Workman
- Cast: Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Philip Glass, Robert Creeley, Ann Charters, George Steade, David Amram, Ed Sanders, Gregory Corso
