Howl poster
Movie · 2010

Howl

1h 24m
Drama
Jeffrey Friedman
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Your take
Feels most like Kiss of the Spider Woman, Gods and Monsters and Shutter Island

Details

Original title
Howl
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Year
2010
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama