Howl

Howl

2010 · 84 min · EN · R · 6.5 (166 votes)
Dir. Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein · Starring James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm · Music Carter Burwell

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

Drama

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

VIBE

A kaleidoscopic journey into the heart of artistic rebellion. It feels like a defiant roar against conformity, a vibrant exploration of self-discovery, and a mind-bending trip through the birth of a counter-culture movement.

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