Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats

Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats


Starring:Jack Kerouac
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Product Type: DVD
Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Weak Tea.
  • very disappointing
  • I'm Proud To Be From Lowell Massachusetts!
  • For anyone with interest in the American "beatnik" movement
 Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats
Starring: William S. Burroughs , Lawrence Ferlinghetti , Allen Ginsberg , and Jack Kerouac
Director: John Antonelli
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00008J2I8
Release Date: 2003-04-15

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Weak Tea. .......2007-02-10

Yeah, this one is neither fish nor fowl. It includes some good footage and interviews with members of the beat generation, but its attempt to dramatize Kerouac's life are unfulfilling. The acting is sixth rate, and the actors themselves don't look much at all like Jack or Neal Cassady. I think it was a great idea to have an actor read passages from Kerouac's work, but even this manages to grate as the sentences are read melodramatically and contaminated by too much emotion. Kerouac didn't sound like that, nor, from what I have read, did he think like that. This documentary was quite a disappointment and two other films are available on the tragic man which are far superior in quality.

2 out of 5 stars very disappointing.......2004-06-16

'King of the Beats' is halfway in between being a documentary and a movie. It contains footage of Kerouac and interviews with Ginsberg, Burroughs, Ferlinghetti, Huncke, etc. But the majority of the footage is of actors portraying the events of kerouac's life, with a voiceover guiding the story. It's incredibly dull and pointless, and the way the story is presented is poor, also. Several important elements of Kerouac's life are merely skimmed over. The whole thing has the feel of a cheap 1980's 'made for tv' movie-documentary. On the positive side, many of the interviews are quite interesting, but sadly we only get fragments. The interview with Huncke is quite funny. The footage of Jack on the Steve Allen show and 10 years later on Firing Line is fascinating.

If you want to learn about Kerouac or you are an admirer who wants to learn more and to see footage of him, buy "What happened to Kerouac" instead, a mid 70's documentary that was made. It's available on DVD and is far superior to this, including several fascinating interviews not only with the people mentioned above, but others such as Gary Snyder. It also contains the two TV appearances mentioned above.

5 out of 5 stars I'm Proud To Be From Lowell Massachusetts!.......2004-03-15

I'm sure that it really doesn't matter if I were from Lowell, MA or London England I still thoroughly enjoy the works of Jack "Ti Jean" Kerouac! I bought this DVD and also "What Happened To Jack Kerouac?" I have to say that whenever they mention Lowell Massachusetts I get chills up my spine but just the interviews of the people that he was intimate with is truly amazing Allen Ginsburg, William Burroughs etc. The TV interviews in 1959 as well as the William Buckley interview in 1968 (A little less than a year later Jack would die in Florida) not to mention another favorite in Lowell, MA, Fr. Armand "Spike" Morissette who was a major factor in Jack's literary career! Fr. Morissette enjoyed a "drink or two" as well and was a very well respected man in our city! I highly recommend this DVD and "What Ever Happened To Jack Kerouac" to any of the throngs of Kerouac fans from around the world including Johnny Depp!

5 out of 5 stars For anyone with interest in the American "beatnik" movement.......2002-02-11

On The Road With Jack Kerouac is a superbly presented, 73 minute video documentary on the life and work of Jack Kerouac. Rare documentary footage is enhanced with informative interviews with such Kerouac contemporaries as Allan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William Burroughs. On The Road With Jack Kerouac is a "must" for all Jack Kerouac fans, as well as anyone with an interest in the American "beatnik" movement.

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