Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997)

Directed by Jonas Mekas

Documentary · 1h 07m

This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close friends; and the wrapping up and removal of Allen's body from the apartment. You hear Jonas' description of his last conversation with Allen, three days earlier. You see the final farewell at the Buddhist temple, 118 West 22nd Street, New York City, and some of his close friends: Patti Smith, Gregory Corso, LeRoy Jones-Baraka, Hiro Yamagata, Anne Waldman, and many others.

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Cast

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Gregory Corso Self Allen Ginsberg Self Jonas Mekas Self Patti Smith Self Amiri Baraka Self Peter Orlovsky Self

Crew

Director
Jonas Mekas
Editor
Jonas Mekas

Details

Release date
1997-07-03
Runtime
1h 07m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America