Word: antonoli
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...John Antonoli's documentary chronicles the life of a writer who has been compared to other Americans such as Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Whitman. And it handles the history well. But the actual film footage lags way behind an intriguing story...
...what is likely good documentary form, Kerouac brings up all these issues without dwelling on any one in particular. The key issues surface--the author's Oedipal ties to his mother, his dabblings in Buddhism and his benzedrine-induced writing method, but although they're faithfully examined, Antonoli doesn't go beyond a cursory treatment of the straight facts...
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