Pull my daisy / a G-String Enterprise, Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie present ; written and narrated by Jack Kerouac.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969, screenwriter, narrator.

Frank, Robert, 1924-2019, editor, director, producer.

Leslie, Alfred, 1927- editor, director, producer.

Amram, David, composer.

Cohen, John, 1932-2019, director of photography.

Bellamy, Richard, actor.

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, actor.

Corso, Gregory, actor.

Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010, actor.

Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002, actor.

Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990, actor.

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984, actor.

Gross, Sally, actor.

G-string Enterprises (Firm), producer.

Steidl Verlag, producer.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beats (Persons)--Drama.

Beats (Persons).

Documentary films.

Short films.

Genre:

Experimental films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (28 min. each) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets

monochrome

Other Title:

Title on box: Robert Frank : film works

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl, 2012.

System Details:

DVD; one disc is NTSC format, one disc is PAL format.

digital

optical

NTSC

PAL

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Based on a scene from Jack Kerouac's play, "Beat Generation," with his improvised voice-over narration. The story centers around a brakeman and his wife, their friends, and a bishop who is invited over for dinner.

Contents:

Booklets: Vol. 1. Narration by Jack Kerouac ; for the film by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie ; introduction by Jerry Tallmer

v. 2. Photos by John Cohen.

Participant:

Richard Bellamy, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, Larry Rivers, Delphine Seyrig, David Amram, Alice Neel, Sally Gross.

Credits:

Directed and produced by Alfred Leslie and Robert Frank ; story and idea by Jack Kerouac ; edited by Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie, and Leon Prochnik ; music by David Amram.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the 1959 short film.

Includes two booklets that contain some of the content from the book about the film published originally by Grove Press in 1961, and reissued in 2008 by Steidl. The first booklet ([27] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) contains lyrics to the song, an essay by Jerry Tallmer, and the text of Kerouac's narration. The second booklet ([52] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) contains photographs taken by John Cohen during the production of the film.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783869304281

3869304286

OCLC:

808650744