The Source
The Source
Johnny Depp and Dennis Hopper star in The Source (1999),directed by Chuck Workman. On Fmovies it carries a 5.6/10 rating from 16 votes. The title is a Documentary and History film from the United States running 1h 28m. 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
