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Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion

Documentary
1982, Movie, 1h 31min
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.
Country: Canada
Director:
Ron Mann
Cast:
Tom Waits,
Allen Ginsberg,
William S. Burroughs,
Charles Bukowski
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Ron Mann
Director
Tom Waits
As Self
Allen Ginsberg
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Amiri Baraka
As Self
John Giorno
As Self
Michael McClure
As Self

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