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Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

Plot: Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences that sometimes numbered in the hundreds or thousands. On January 9, 1984, Robert Frank filmed Ginsberg reading his poem “White Shroud,” while Corso read a poem he had written the night before, some turgid verses on priapic preoccupations
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1983
41 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Gregory CorsoGregory CorsoGregory Corso was 53 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Mar 26 1930 –
Wed, Jan 17 2001
Portrait of Allen GinsbergAllen GinsbergAllen Ginsberg was 57 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, Jun 03 1926 –
Sat, Apr 05 1997
Portrait of Peter OrlovskyPeter OrlovskyPeter Orlovsky was 50 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Jul 08 1933 –
Sun, May 30 2010

Crew

Portrait of Robert FrankRobert FrankRobert Frank was 59 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes as 'Director, Cinematography'
Birthday: Sun, Nov 09 1924