About This Film
Festival Year: 1987
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Film Type: Feature
Animated: No
Countr(ies): USA
English Subtitles: No
Captions: None
Film Overview
Featured in the 1986 New Directors/New Films Series at the Museum of Modern Art, WHAT HAPPENED TO KEROUAC? is a lively homage to the King of the Beats. Through new interviews with cronies and family, old footage including Rudy Burchhardt's Times Square films of the '40s, and the writer's own poetry, a composite portrait of the artist emerges that is both exhilarating and terrifying. Although the riddle of eloquent genius remains, this is a sharp and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of a reticent man who suddenly became notorious.