A Poet from the Lower East Side (1997)

★ 10.0 1h 36m 1 votes IMDb
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Filmmaker Gyula Gazdag's fascinating documentary follows Hungarian poet, playwright and activist István Eörsi on a trip to the streets of New York to visit his friend and contemporary, the iconic beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Shot just two years before Ginsberg's death, the film follows the two friends as they share poetry and laughs, wandering the streets of the Lower East Manhattan, musing about the past and contemplating the future.

A Poet from the Lower East Side

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Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg as Self Died 1997 · Newark, New Jersey, USA Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soo...
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas as Self Died 2019 · Semeniškiai, Lithuania Jonas Mekas (24 December 1922 - 23 January 2019) was born in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmsho...
Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky as Self Died 2010 · New York City, New York, USA Peter Anton Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010) was an American poet and actor. He was the long-time partner of Allen Ginsberg..
Director Gyula Gazdag
Cast Allen Ginsberg, Jonas Mekas, István Eörsi, Peter Orlovsky

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