This is a story of a poem

Using the famous poem of Allen Ginsberg as an entry point to observe the Beat Generation, the film is mainly composed of three lines: one is a black and white video of Ginsberg reciting the poem for the first time in a bar interspersed with animation, and the other is an interview with Ginsberg , with mild green tones and high-contrast black-and-white flashbacks, telling about the Beat Generation and the origin of the poem. The third is the famous obscenity trial. The three parts correspond to the present, past and future of Howl's poem. , intertwined and fully narrated all aspects of this poetry that has a pivotal position in the history of American literature.
As documentarian Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's first feature-length narrative, Howl is a mix of documentary, biography, animation, non-linear narrative and more, but it's a little bit fragmented. Some people think the animation is a failure that affects their interpretation of the poem, but maybe because I didn't read the poem, I think it helps me understand the poem.
As soon as Franco finished playing Milk, he took over the film at the recommendation of Gus Van Sant. The two characters in a row are too similar, and it can be seen that he has done his homework to play this role, especially in an interview that shows his acting skills. Growing up, it just reminds me of his recent soap opera incident. He is talented and has a good agent to manage. He should pay more attention to the choice of characters. As for the Beat Generation icons, including Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Peter Orlovsky, the choice of these actors is too attractive and far from the real characters. The director said that these three characters were the only auditioned, at a hotel in New York. Spent two days watching how they seduce each other. David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels performed well and well.
This is not a biopic, this is just a story of a poem.
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Artists must suffer, cliché, but it is true. Great pieces of art work always come from the tragedy of love.
Aaron Tveit is amazing, even though he doesn't even have a line. He was supposed to be in Glee Finn, but Ryan Murphy thought he was too Acrombie (shame on you, Ryan Murphy, stereotype much?), and then he went to find someone else, they had signed Broadway musical "next to normal". By the way, he's great in that, deserves a Tony Award.

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