Thread: Jack Kerouac documentary

I thought I would post this on this board as it is supposedly now Bilbo's training + culture board, but also because I thought it wouldn't be of much interest to anyone and I feel like sharing it anyway. As I have mentioned before I am a fan of the beats, but in particular the work of Burroughs and Kerouac. Well, I was doing some Googling today looking for something to watch on Kerouac and I came across this documentary seemingly uploaded to You Tube just a couple of months before, it's the first time I have ever seen it and thought it was very nicely done. So if any of you have any interest in that kind of thing then I recommend it.



I am going to start using this board to post random things that take my cultural fancy. Probably obscure stuff that nobody is interested in. The other board shall keep my exciting anecdotes and populist things such as the insanely popular 'hot drinks' thread.

Kerouac is a funny one and it is remarkable how negatively he seemed to react to success. He seemed to hate his life before becoming successful and then once he had 'made it' he became dejected some more and basically drank himself to death. A quart of liquor a day is serious stuff. That's like a litre!The thing that strikes me about Kerouac's best work is the vibrancy and optimism. He actually paints a very positive image and even a car journey becomes some kind of epic adventure. It kind of makes me want to drive around Korea in the shape of a smile going along the coastline and then write about it. However, nobody will go with me and I will likely have to write about myself. It probably wouldn't be that fun. It would turn into some kind of Poe style tale of forboding and epic misery.

Still, I'm a big fan of Kerouac's work and everybody needs to read "On the road" at least once. It's just as important as Bilbo's Bible.

You uncultured swine, I was hoping there would be at least one other beat fan to converse with.