The Beat Hotel
Overview
The Beat Hotel, a new film by Alan Govenar, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris during the heady years between 1957 and 1963, when Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso fled the obscenity trials in the United States surrounding the publication of Ginsberg’s poem Howl. They took refuge in a cheap no-name hotel they had heard about at 9, Rue Git le Coeur and were soon joined by William Burroughs, Ian Somerville, Brion Gysin, and others from England and elsewhere in Europe, seeking out the “freedom” that the Latin Quarter of Paris might provide.
About The Beat Hotel (2012)
Released in 2012, The Beat Hotel is a documentary film (US). It was directed by Alan Govenar. The cast is led by Jean-Jacques Lebel, Harold Chapman, Elliot Rudie, Regina Weinreich and Barry Miles. With a runtime of 1h 28m, the film averages 4.5/10 across 4 TMDB ratings.
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