Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD8108D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137810896
- Street Date: 03/08/22
- PreBook Date: 02/01/22
- Label: Chris Felver »
- Genre: Documentary
- Run Time: 79 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2009
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti as Self
- Director: Christopher Felver
Product Assets
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth Of Wonder
An incisive, sharply-wrought portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- List Price: $34.95
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Director Christopher Felver has crafted an incisive, sharply-wrought portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and other significant figures reveal a rich melange of characters and events that came together in postwar America.
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Sales Points
- Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies.
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, & co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, & film narration.
- Features interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Amiri Baraka and Robert Scheer.
- OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival
Press Quotes
Mr. Ferlinghetti's own literary prowess: the author of 'A Coney Island of the Mind,' he remains among the most popular poets of the modern era... deftly blends old news clips and readings with interviews of writers and artists.
—Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times
Director Christopher Felver has crafted an incisive, sharply-wrought portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself.
—Dan Gurlitz, The Sound View
