Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

Name: Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-04-01
Rating: 5

Documentary1h 13m

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64%

Tomatometer

5.0

TMDB

Storyline

The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and literature with his forceful engagement with society and an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political currents of his day. Ferlinghetti's quiet, behind the scenes demeanor and disarming mien may have assuaged, or even fooled, certain opponents, while in reality he was a literary mercenary, a rebel at the forefront of our own cultural revolution.

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Details

DirectorChristopher Felver

ReleasedApr 1, 2009

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

3 fresh · 1 rotten

Chuck Bowen

RTSlant MagazineFeb 8, 2013

Christopher Felver is too reverent to properly convey the invigoratingly profane, angry messiness of the sense of community that Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his peers too briefly brought to life.

Peter Rainer

RTChristian Science MonitorFeb 8, 2013

His contribution to the culture of American letters is undeniable, and City Lights -- the store and the imprint -- could well be the closest thing to a literary shrine that we possess.

V.A. Musetto

RTNew York PostFeb 8, 2013

With Americans' civil liberties under constant threat, it's comforting to know that Ferlinghetti is still with us.

Louis Proyect

RTrec.arts.movies.reviewsFeb 8, 2013

A loving tribute to a man who taught my generation to worship art rather than mammon.