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What Happened to Kerouac?

United States, 1986
film

This film is a fascinating portrait of Jack Kerouac, the author of “On the road” and reluctant King of the Beat Generation. Includes interviews wi..

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Burroughs

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The life and times of Allen Ginsberg

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The Doors

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John Keats: poet

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Long day's journey into night

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The Road

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William S. Burroughs: commissioner of sewers

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This side of paradise: fragments of an unfinished biography

United States, 1999
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The Cars in your life

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