Ballad of the Skeletons
MovieTitle | Ballad of the Skeletons |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Nov 20, 1997 |
Genre | Music |
Director | Gus Van Sant |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Sundance |
Run time | 4 min. |
A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and backed by musicians to create a sort of song that becomes an American anthem.