Jack Kerouac documentary

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  @corinnehernandez4549 · 3 years ago

  I discovered the name Jack Kerouac when I was in high college and I read a book about the Doors. Jim Morrison was a fan of On The Road.<br><br>This documentary is sad. I know writers are complex people but i didn&apos;t expect something so tragic.

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  @deannilvalli6579 · 4 years ago

  I always saw him as a Walt Whitman sort of writer- both in terms of his open, rambling prose style, and in terms of his world view- the openness and the desire for new experiences of all sorts, and the celebration of life rather than its criticism.

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  @kmshallaed8989 · 3 years ago

  This is a brilliant documentary. I wish I could like it 20 times. It captures the spirit of Jack Kerouac in a way many film-makers ought to be envying. Thank you, Andrew O&apos;Hagan.

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  @rogeeeferrari · 4 years ago

  Listening to him read his book while Steve Allen is playing piano was amazing...

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  @lilburro3 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I read On The Road when I was 15 and haven&apos;t stopped traveling. Alaska to Puerto Williams Chile, the Caribbean, France, Germany, Bahrain, Nepal, India. Life is a full contact sport, if you aren&apos;t physically and emotionally banged up by the end...you did it wrong. Love fiercely, travel far, and learn to be eternal. Great documentary!

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  @michaelknapp8961 · 4 years ago

  My mother lived two streets down from where jack and his mom lived in Lowell, Massachusetts. Jack was 8 years older than my mom. Everybody in Lowell knew each in the 30s and 40s so my grandma and Jacks mom were good friends. My mom would hear stories from time to time about young Jack being a great writer and a bit of an eccentric. On the road is one of my favorite books ever.

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  @fredmcloughlin9893 · 4 years ago

  Memory babe is one of the best biographies I have ever read,if you want to understand Jack kerouac it&apos;s a must read. I Highly recommend it.

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  @NSEW_Mag · 4 years ago

  Thank you for posting this- it is so stripped of agenda, and shows the real side of a misunderstood genius. watched this on his 100th birthday this past weekend!

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  @duvidl · 4 years ago

  Read Kerouac&apos;s &quot;Desolation Angels&quot;. Tells the whole story.

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  @alankovacik1928 · 4 years ago

  can you imagine using the same fire finder equipement as Kerouac?, this stuff should be in a museum!

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  @Recoveryplus · 3 years ago

  When I was an alcoholic I used to love Kerouac&apos;s writing. Now that I&apos;m recovered I can see how sick, lonely, and depressed he was.

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  @tarralynne9256 · 3 years ago

  The BEATles were inspired by Kerouac, (hence their choice of spelling) the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, all inspired by Jack get back Kerouac ! &nbsp;Jack was rapping to Jazz in the 50’s

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