Two poets, one city, infinite cigarettes—watch Ginsberg's last hurrah.
Filmmaker Gyula Gazdag's fascinating documentary follows Hungarian poet, playwright and activist István Eörsi on a trip to the streets of New York to visit his friend and contemporary, the iconic beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Shot just two years before Ginsberg's death, the film follows the two friends as they share poetry and laughs, wandering the streets of the Lower East Manhattan, musing about the past and contemplating the future.
Direction
Gazdag's invisible hand lets poets just exist.
Cinematography
Lower East Side grime never looked so romantic.
Writing
Impromptu verse that demolishes your poetry journal.
Director
Gyula Gazdag
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eörsi was a banned writer in communist Hungary; this trip was his first legal US visit.
Jonas Mekas appears briefly—he and Ginsberg were roommates in 1960s New York.
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