Examining the poem "Howl" using only words from its obscenity trial, from an interview Allen Ginsberg gave then, and from the poem itself. The film intercuts a 1955 reading Ginsburg gives to an increasingly enthusiastic audience, the interview, scenes from his life described in the interview, surreal animation of segments of the poem, and scenes from the 1957 trial of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who published "Howl" in 1956. Pivotal are his mother's mental illness and early death, friendship with Neal Cassady, struggles with homosexuality before embracing it, falling in love with Peter Orlovsky, and Ginsberg's take on the poem's theme - freedom of expression.
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Howl
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Tonight at the Sands
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Jack Arel:
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Steve's Place
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Steve Gray:
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To Have & Havier
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Danny Baker:
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Dim the Lights
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Teddy Lasry:
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On the Beat
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Harry Arnold:
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Uptown Boogie
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Teddy Lasry:
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Lady Be Good
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A Horace, of Course
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Forever Hers
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This Wheel's on Fire
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A Quiet Place In The Country
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Fu-Manchu
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Howling Of The Devil
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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My Adagio
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Diabolo
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Barroco
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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The Wolf Man
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Living Dead
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Frankenstein
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Terror
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Rasputin
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Leatherface
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Blood In The Bathroom
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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The Hunback Of Notre-Dame
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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The Church
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Phantom Of The Opera
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Bluebeard
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Punkies Assault
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Scream!
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Verdi's Nabuco
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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Ave Maria / Adagio
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Fernando García Morcillo:
Performer
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A Quiet Place In The Country (Reprise)
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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Supernatural Darkness
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Carter Burwell:
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I Saw the Best Minds
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Carter Burwell:
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From Park to Pad to Bar to Bellevue
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Carter Burwell:
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Weeping in the Parks
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Carter Burwell:
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And Their Heads Shall Be Crowned
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Carter Burwell:
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My Mother
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Carter Burwell:
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Now Denver Is Lonesome for Her Heroes
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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Prophecy
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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Moloch!
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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I'm with You in Rockland
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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Angelic Bombs
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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Holy
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Carter Burwell:
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Verdi's Nabuco
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Fernando García Morcillo:
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I'm with You in Rockland
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Carter Burwell:
Performer
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