jack kerouac movie

[Deleted member 2626]

Ive been reading some ginsberg I like his one quote about homeless and also one about taking bus to seoul and finding oneself and being alive. I got into him by studying on jim morrison and his poetry

 

[Kabukimono]

honestly, i'd rather be invisible. if the numbers of people hitting the road keeps going up so will legislation against it, because the folks in charge will never be down regardless of what director adapts a famous authors book into a movie. sad truth.

I don't agree what you say about Kerouac but I do agree with what you say here. (well partially in some way but still, I more agree than disagree.)
I travel like this for the same reasons - to get away to not be noticed. If hitching-vagabonding-cycling [...] and all the other sub categories became mainstream .. I'm not sure I'd look at it the same way. Personally I live like this to get away from mainstream.

 

[bryanpaul]

sorry, but i remember being very disappointed with "on the road"......not an incredibly interesting writing style....and not too epic of a story....it was pretty boring...maybe i'll read it again and might change my mind...but yeah...... the only line i remember from that book though is "the prettiest girls in the world live in des moines" ...if i ever end up there (hopefully not) i gots my pick up line on lockdown

 

[daveycrockett]

hope you enjoy the show. take a look at the first night of the living dead in black and white 1960 something and now look at one of the latest dawn or day of the dead movies im sure youve all seen them i have. big difference i hope they embellish a litt..alot. pretentious? still on the road. still the same premise. i hope whoever can relate. if you are running away from society instead of taking the chance to change things which im sure is for the better than i dont know what to tell you. some agree some dont i want to live free.
i could never read books they always put me to sleep pretty quick or i never finished them unless i was learning something i needed to to get by.

 

[VanScribed Goat]

I didnt know until i was in 10th grade, changed schools in mid term so as i didnt knew anyone i went to the library to pass the time before the first class and found it by random, loved it and started reading very oftenly until today
Also has anyone visited the big sur region?

I'm replying years down the road but I traveled to big sur with my biggest motivation being a Kerouac fan. I deeply love nature and the sorts anyway but it made it extra special. It'sone of my favorite places in the country. The bookstore was awesome as well. There is a cool little community within it. I can't wait to get back to Big Sur.

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

I thought the movie fucking sucked. I could barely watch it. It was like watching softcore porn like great this is what I wanted out of a jack Kerouac film a girl jerking two dudes off as they drive down the road GREAT!

 

[Ori]

Ive been reading some ginsberg I like his one quote about homeless and also one about taking bus to seoul and finding oneself and being alive. I got into him by studying on jim morrison and his poetry

Ginsberg is a fucking God. I've been reading William S. Burroughs a lot lately.. his novel Queer is amazing.

 

[briancray]

I will have to read Ginsberg and Burroughs then. I read 75% of On the Road and never finished it...I found it quite boring.

As for Kerouac being pretentious I think that applies to writers in general, myself included. You're not trying to impress per say, but you leave out a lot of the dull moments on the road when writing because they are uninteresting. That is what romanticizes the beat knit generation, riding trains, hitchhiking, etc.

Everyone knows you spend a lot of time just sitting around, soaking in the scenery or really...just sitting around when not in constant motion.

 

[Ori]

@briancray Check out Howl by Ginsberg, for sure.

 

[VanScribed Goat]

I will have to read Ginsberg and Burroughs then. I read 75% of On the Road and never finished it...I found it quite boring.

As for Kerouac being pretentious I think that applies to writers in general, myself included. You're not trying to impress per say, but you leave out a lot of the dull moments on the road when writing because they are uninteresting. That is what romanticizes the beat knit generation, riding trains, hitchhiking, etc.

Everyone knows you spend a lot of time just sitting around, soaking in the scenery or really...just sitting around when not in constant motion.

A did find ON The Road to be one of his more boring pieces. Then again I didn't read it, I listened to it. Not the same at all. But I had a hard time consistently staying interested. At times it was just "get through it". I love him dearly though. He does have books published of his "less exciting things" but I love them the most. Maybe it's because I am one who just spends so much time sitting around and can find the excitement and beauty in it whereas mainstream lit junkies or "the public" don't, thus finding the love for the "exciting" thrills romanticizing everything. Check out Book Of Sketches. It is a collection of his thoughts he would write in those tiny pocket notebooks he carried in his shirt pockets. Any writer or traveler could appreciate it, I think.

 

[VanScribed Goat]

@briancray Check out Howl by Ginsberg, for sure.

Watch the movie too. James Franco plays him and it's a really beautiful production with this fantastic incorporation of art. James Franco has a masters in poetry so this brings out the side of him that I fell in love with (vs his dumbass looking normal self most people know xD)

 

[VanScribed Goat]

have U read 'Junkie' yet? <3 Burroughs and the otha Beatz

I appreciate his writing, and Junkie is a good piece of work, but I feel like Burroughs only wrote to get famous for writing or something. It's a vibe I get in his writing and it makes me hard to truly love and desire everything of his.

 

[Ori]

Watch the movie too. James Franco plays him and it's a really beautiful production with this fantastic incorporation of art. James Franco has a masters in poetry so this brings out the side of him that I fell in love with (vs his dumbass looking normal self most people know xD)

There's a few other ones on Ginsberg but that one is my fav too. Franco is a damn good actor, he's so underrated.