Film

Poetry in Motion

1982 · 1h 31m · Documentary

IMDb

7.0

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.

Charles Bukowski

Self

William S. Burroughs

Self

John Cage

Self

Jim Carroll

Self

Robert Creeley

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Tom Waits

Self

Gary Snyder

Self

Ted Berrigan

Self

Ed Sanders

Self

Diane Di Prima

Self

Amiri Baraka

Self

Anne Waldman

Self

Kenward Elmslie

Self

Christopher Dewdney

Self

Michael McClure

Self

• Ron MannDirector
• Robert FrescoDirector of Photography

Release date

September 17, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

18A

Genres

Documentary