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Poetry in Motion (1982)

★ 8.0/10 91 min Documentary Canada English
Director: Ron Mann
Streaming: Not available

Description

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.

Top Cast

Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski Self
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs Self
John Cage
John Cage Self
Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll Self
Robert Creeley Self
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg Self
Tom Waits
Tom Waits Self
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder Self

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