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Howl

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

★ 6.5 2010 84 min R 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.

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Release
2010-08-26
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.5/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope
Topicsfreedompoetryliteraturepsychiatric hospitalmale homosexualitycounter-culture1950sgay theme

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