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MW on DVDs: Howl, Doctor Zhivago, Gone with the Wind, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, The Quintessential Guy Maddin

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

CO-PICK OF THE WEEK: NEW

Howl (Three Stars)

U. S.: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 2010

Howl
is a film inspired by the great Beat poem by that great Beat poet, Allen Ginsberg — and if it‘s not a great Beat movie, then it‘s still a very good one, powerful and decent, and a passionate plea for the role of the artist in a sometimes destructive society.
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