“Corso - The Last Beat” Screening
The Beats are back. Ever cool, ever hip. "Corso - The Last Beat" introduces the youth market to the icons of "The Beat Generation" - Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Gregory Corso.
Synopsis - Ethan Hawke takes us on the road discovery of Gregory Corso - the most colorful of the inner circle of the Beats, who along with Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs changed world culture and social history.
Corso, abandoned as an infant by his Italian mother, grew up in New York foster homes, and later alone on the streets of little Italy. Thrown in Clinton State Prison for petty theft at the age of 17, he studied, began writing and ended up at Harvard. He went on to become one of the inner circle Beats, a small group of writers who changed the course of American society. After the death of Allen Ginsberg, Corso goes on the road as the last Beat to rediscover his creative muse. From Paris to Venice, Rome and Greece, Corso retraces the early days of the Beats. In high humor, he dramatizes how the Beats emerged in Europe and paved the way for youth culture, the sexual revolution and hip-hop. Corso interrupts his tour to revisit his days at Clinton State Prison and inspire young inmates to educate themselves. Returning to Italy, Corso muses on his lost mother, who he believes is dead and buried in Italy.
In a stunning discovery, the filmmakers find Corso's mother alive and living in Trenton, New Jersey. Healed by meeting his mother, his true muse, Corso finishes his road trip in Greece. A revitalized Corso returns to Greenwich Village, but faces his own mortality with humor and pluck, comforted by Ethan Hawke, Patti Smith, and his reunited mother, Michelina.
10.3.2008
Terrific Tweaks to Dennis McCarthy’s Advanced Sound Design Workshop
We have made some terrific tweaks to Dennis McCarthy's Advanced Sound Design Workshop. His engineer and sometimes producer, the brilliant Matt LaPoint (see his bio below), will help Dennis teach hands-on, advanced sound design, recording, and post-production sound techniques.1.16.2008
Film Department Is Hosting a New FEP
The Film Department is hosting a new FEP this term, underwritten by one of the world's largest media storage companies, SanDisk. We are looking for 4 students, grad or undergrad, to collaborate with students from other disciplines on this fascinating challenge.1.16.2008