剧情：Thelong-awaitedsecondfeaturefilmbyBillyWoodberryrecoversthelegend,legacyandultimatelytragiclifeofBeat-poetBobKaufman(1925-1986),skillfullymeldingrecitationsofhisversetogetherwithrarearchivalphotographsandinterviewstoofferamovinghomagetotheartistoftencalledthe“AmericanRimbaud.”LikeBlessTheirLittleHearts(1984),Woodberry’sceleb... (展开全部) Thelong-awaitedsecondfeaturefilmbyBillyWoodberryrecoversthelegend,legacyandultimatelytragiclifeofBeat-poetBobKaufman(1925-1986),skillfullymeldingrecitationsofhisversetogetherwithrarearchivalphotographsandinterviewstoofferamovinghomagetotheartistoftencalledthe“AmericanRimbaud.”LikeBlessTheirLittleHearts(1984),Woodberry’sceleb... Thelong-awaitedsecondfeaturefilmbyBillyWoodberryrecoversthelegend,legacyandultimatelytragiclifeofBeat-poetBobKaufman(1925-1986),skillfullymeldingrecitationsofhisversetogetherwithrarearchivalphotographsandinterviewstoofferamovinghomagetotheartistoftencalledthe“AmericanRimbaud.”LikeBlessTheirLittleHearts(1984),Woodberry’scelebratedneo-realistdebutfilm,AndWhenIDie,IWon’tStayDeadchronicleswithgreatsensitivityanunwrittenchapterinthehistoryofmarginalizedAmerica,sheddingnewlightonKaufman’sstillunderappreciatedpoetryandthedifficultstrugglesofthehalf-black,half-Jewishandferventlyleft-wingpoet.Apoetoftheoraltradition,Kaufman’sversewasneitherwrittennorrecordedandthreatenedtodisappearentirelyifnotforthevalianteffortsofhissecondwifetopublishherhusband’swork.EquallyfleetingwasthefigureofKaufmanhimself,whooncedeclaredthathis“ambitionistobecompletelyforgotten”andwho,attheheightofhiscreativepowers,tookaself-imposedandapparentlyunbrokenten-yearvowofsilenceinhauntinglamentfortheassassinatedJohnF.Kennedy.Woodberry,whoseownthirty-one-yearbreakfromfilmmakingissubtlyacknowledgedbyhisfilm,reassertsKaufman’sfleetingyetvividfigureintotheartandpoetryscenestransformingGreenwichVillageandSanFrancisco’sNorthBeach,offeringfirst-handaccountsofKaufmanbyfellowpoetssuchasJackHirschman,aswellasextraordinaryphotographsoftheHappeningsandhauntsanimatedbyKaufman’sindeliblepresence.EspeciallyresonantisWoodberry’scarefuluseofKaufman’sownwords,releasedlikebirdsthroughoutthefilm,togetherwiththeunderstatedfragmentsofthejazzandcongadrumsthatsoinspiredtheuniquecadenceandvisionarylanguageofKaufman’sextraordinarypoems.–HadenGuest