A very interesting cinematography was used in the making of HOWL. I liked a lot the way the movie was broken down between three diverse stiles that were webbed and interconnected. The black and white story line showed Ginsberg’s life when he was writing his poetry. The black and white was combined with caricatures that were inspired on characters and cartoons that Ginsberg draw, as Producer Elizabeth Redleaf clarified. These caricatures were used to translate Ginsberg’s poetry into images. In addition, a documentary style was used to record the trial against the publisher of HOWL, who was being accused of publishing obscene materials. The way they developed the subject was what I liked the most: showing multiple angles of one situation.
The subject is unquestionably inspiring. Even if I grew up in a very different context where we did not learned about American literature, I felt identified by the fear of falling into the boxes that society, institutions, and corporations force us in.
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