Celebrating the celluloid expression of the Beat spirit--arguably the most sustained legacy in U.S. counterculture-- is a comprehensive study of the most significant interfaces between the Beat writers, Beat culture, and cinema. features key Beat players and their collaborators, including William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Brion Gysin, Antony Balch, Ron Rice, John Cassavetes, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Klaus Maeck, and Gus van Sant. As well as examining clearly Beat-inspired films such as and Jack Sargeant discusses cinéma vérité and performance films ( ), B-movies ( and Roger Corman's ), and Hollywood adaptations ( ). The second half of the book is devoted to an extensive analysis of the films relating to William Burroughs, from Antony Balch's to David Cronenberg's This book also contains the last ever interview with writer Allen Ginsberg, recorded three months before his death in April 1997.