Publisher's Synopsis
This vital collection of essays and interviews focuses on the most significant interfaces between Beat writers, Beat culture and cinema, including a look at films by, featuring or inspired by such legends as William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Gus Van Sant and many others. With interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank and Taylor Mead among others, this new updated edition now includes recently uncovered Burroughs footage and a look at the very latest in Beat Cinema.
