The world premiere of The Beat Hotel will take place as part of a month-long film series at Cinematheque, Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival is curated by Lars Movin the co director of the award winning William Burroughs film Words of Advice.
Here’s a quick rundown of all films showing:
8 Dec 2012 World premier of
THE BEAT HOTEL
Alan Govenar, 2011 / 82 min.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN
Yony Leyser, 2010 / 87 min.
ONE FAST MOVE OR I’M GONE: KEROUAC’S BIG SUR
Curt Worden, 2008 / 98 min.
FERLINGHETTI
Christopher Felver, 2009 / 80 min.
WORDS OF ADVICE + LOWELL CELEBRATES KEROUAC
Lars Movin & Steen Møller Rasmussen, 2007 & 1998 / 74 min. + 35 min.
THE SOURCE
Chuck Workman, 1999 / 88 min.
A SELECTION OF SHORT BEAT FILMS:
PULL MY DAISY (Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie, 1959 / 30 min.)
TOWERS OPEN FIRE (Antony Balch, William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin & Ian Sommerville, 1963 / 10 min.)
WHOLLY COMMUNION (Peter Whitehead, 1965 / 33 min.)
THE DISCIPLINE OF D.E. (Gus Van Sant, 1982 / 13 min.)
THE JUNKY’S CHRISTMAS (Nick Donkin, 1993 / 22 min.)
Hope tonight goes well, wish i could be there