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Howl Part 1 by Allen Ginsberg

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Uploaded by on Sep 11, 2007

Allen Ginsberg's epic poem Howl animated by me Mark Mentzer

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  • work of a master, the visuals are quite helpful on the focus I think.

  • @paulpellicci Thank you Paul. I want you to know I did a lot of biographical and critical essay reading about Allen and Howl and, although I took some liberties, I think I kept it pretty true.

  • Place the Waste Land right next to Howl. The message is he same. The images are the same. The forms are different.

    The two greatest poets of the 20th century (at least in my own humble opinion.

    Fred the Existentialist

  • @philosophy9949 Good observation Fred...

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  • Do you know why they call it the American Dream? You have to be asleep to believe it.

  • Sorry, I just don't like how literally you've taken the poem, however it is impressive animation- and anyhow that's only my taste, I can understand why people love it! Therefore 3 stars should suffice, actually what the hell- you can have 5*!

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  • What's ineresting is, just how much you sound like Ginsberg,

    I never liked the way Ginsberg read his own stuff. He read it almost as a guitarist would play live--experimenting, inserting or omitting words.

    This was a very faithful narration. Thank you.

  • Your hard work was not wasted. Great job and the visuals complement the poem.

  • Thank you!

  • His poems sound like someone who is really stoned and on acid pondering things like why Ketchup is red, why can't it be blue...and the blue Ketchup would taste the same, whatever Hue. The blast of the guns..yet I look around and find none..an ocean is at my feet, the waters red with fear..the blast was here..very deep but near. This atom we split..explode and spit..the fire of mankind made..on levels to produce global shade. I am hungry..yet my foods contaminated by war..so I eat my blue Ketchup

  • @wasteland70 Yes, good observation. Ginsberg was very influenced by Whitman.

  • @markmm1953 I don't know for certain, but I'd bet that "Song of Myself" by Whitman informed/influenced Howl a good deal.

  • @philosophy9949 Very Cool Observation.

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