UBUWEB - Mekas Chronicle of Ginsberg's Passing
May 5th 2008 02:10
The priceless collection of avant-garde material at UbuWeb grows every month. So much so that I have anxiety deciding what to watch or listen to first on each visit. Sam Beckett's face beams out confidently from the front page, endorsing a truly remarkable catalogue. From Kenneth Anger to Chris Marker, Philip Glass to Erik Satie, this is the perfect starting place for the newcomer to the avant-garde universe or as a resource for the student or aficionado.
I guarantee that within a few minutes of being on this site you will find something that will either move, fascinate or completely astound you.
Jonas Mekas' "Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit" is a short film that Mekas made at Ginsberg's house in the hours just before and after his death from liver cancer on April 5, 1997. The film also shows a Buddhist observance in remembrance of Ginsberg that took place a few days later. It is at once somber and joyful, as honest a chronicle of a passing as you're likely to see. It's often called 'experimental', but I fail to see how. This is true cinema verite, and I doubt even Werner Herzog would argue the power or merit of it as applied in this film.
Watch it here
I guarantee that within a few minutes of being on this site you will find something that will either move, fascinate or completely astound you.
Jonas Mekas' "Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit" is a short film that Mekas made at Ginsberg's house in the hours just before and after his death from liver cancer on April 5, 1997. The film also shows a Buddhist observance in remembrance of Ginsberg that took place a few days later. It is at once somber and joyful, as honest a chronicle of a passing as you're likely to see. It's often called 'experimental', but I fail to see how. This is true cinema verite, and I doubt even Werner Herzog would argue the power or merit of it as applied in this film.
Watch it here
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