Research Catalog
Pull my daisy
- Title
- Pull my daisy / a G-String Enterprise, Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie present ; written and narrated by Jack Kerouac.
- Publication
- Göttingen : Steidl, ©2012.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | DVD | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Frank, Robert, 1924-2019
- Leslie, Alfred, 1927-
- Amram, David.
- Cohen, John, 1932-2019
- Bellamy, Richard.
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
- Corso, Gregory.
- Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010.
- Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002.
- Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990.
- Neel, Alice, 1900-1984.
- Gross, Sally.
- G-string Enterprises (Firm)
- Steidl Verlag.
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (28 min. each) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in. +
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Robert Frank : film works
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- documentary film.
- Feature films
- Documentary films
- Short films
- Experimental films
- Drama
- Experimental films.
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Feature films.
- Films expérimentaux.
- Documentaires.
- Courts métrages.
- Note
- 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.
- Credits (note)
- 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.
- Performer (note)
- Mooney Peebles (Richard Bellamy), Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, Larry Rivers, Beltiane (Delphine Seyrig), David Amram, Alice Neel, Sally Gross.
- System Details (note)
- DVD; one disc is NTSC format, one disc is PAL format.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9783869304281
- 3869304286
- OCLC
- ocn808650744
- 808650744
- SCSB-1665355
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library