big sur ( film )
the big sur international short film screening series showcases the best of short films from around the world .
sur thing … hiking trails at pfeiffer big sur state park, california. photograph: alamy
big sur residents may notice more than just local scenery in the film. julian tolentino of big sur’s namaste therapeutic bodyworks makes his acting debut in the movie as jack .
big sur proves inspiration for the film always shine. | 831 (tales from the area code) | urltoken
the film will definitely change takal’s career. but making always shine in big sur also has changed the director’s personal life .
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the monterey county film commission reports that more than $ 100 million has come into local communities from film production since the film commission was created by the monterey county board of supervisors in 1987 .
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a listing of credits on friday with a film review of “big sur, ” using information from a publicist, omitted a composer of the film’s music. besides bryce and aaron dessner, kubilay üner was also a composer .
she wrote, simply ,
big sur. my favorite place - am .
big sur
cracks the code of how to adapt jack kerouac for the screen .
hit the road, jack... kerouac novel big sur heads to big screen. photograph: jerry yulsman / associated press
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this is one of the most beautiful venues in the world to view film .
before embarking on creating a feature film together, worden and sampas decided to put their newfound collaboration to the test by doing a documentary film. surprisingly, they easily settled on big sur, a challenging read depicting kerouac’s downward spiral into madness and alcoholism .
with the headline: screen: love along big sur seacoast; elizabeth taylor stars with richard burton .
jack kerouac’s big sur dreams – and nightmares – are memorialized in an ambitious new dvd / cd .
yup, it & apos; s definitely on for kate bosworth and her big sur director michael polish .
big sur came out in limited release on november 1st, 2013. find out more about it here .
fifty - plus years later, the beat generation is finally making its mark in film .
niya suddarth, media correspondent for the beat museum, interviews actor jean - marc barr about his upcoming film, big sur, in which he plays mr. jack kerouac. the interview takes place during the sundance film festival, in park city, utah, 2013. production by: visual creativ interview with jean - marc barr “big sur” from visual creativ. on vimeo. some [ … ]
always shine follows aspiring actress anna and her actress friend beth (caitlin fitzgerald of showtime’s masters of sex) as they attempt to reconnect during a weekend trip to big sur. local viewers will appreciate the movie’s knowing depiction of big sur and identifiable locations including the big sur roadhouse, pfeiffer beach and andrew molera state park. the film’s insider knowledge about everything from the big sur bakery’s tasty cookies to a humorous view of an esalen institute men’s retreat is due to takal, the director, having spent two months living in the area .
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big sur, calif. — the road to big sur is a narrow, winding one, with the pacific ocean on one side, spread out like blue glass, and a mountainside of redwood trees on the other .
urltoken was the first website in big sur. here' s how it looked on oct 17, 1997 !
ultimately, big sur demonstrates the limitations of kerouac' s text, how personal it is to each reader and how unsatisfactory it feels on the big screen .
take me home, country road: the big sur cabin where kerouac wrote was a place of joy, pain .
one fast move or i’m gone: kerouac’s big sur was shot over the spring and summer of 2007 in new york city, san francisco, carmel beach and big sur’s bixby canyon, where the cabin kerouac stayed in is located. over an almost weeklong period in june of 2007, worden and his 20 - person crew shot the documentary’s big sur segments .
“big sur” is rated r (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for sexuality, nudity and strong language .
splendid isolation … aloe vera plants in bloom by ocean at california, big sur. photograph: darrell gulin / getty images
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a recounting of jack kerouac' s three sojourns to the cabin in big sur owned by his friend, poet lawrence ferlinghetti .
kirk is also president of the big sur chamber of commerce, and estimates that about 450 tourists a day are using the trail. but not all businesses are benefiting: the historic deetjen’s big sur inn remains closed, unconvinced people will hike their luggage over .
on may 9, 2008, one fast move or i’m gone made its film festival debut at the opening night of the santa cruz international film festival. since then, it’s been shown at the 2008 lone star international film festival in fort worth, texas and at this year’s litquake, a weeklong literary event in the bay area .
“after we shot the movie, my husband and i decided to move here [ to california from new york city ] because we had such a wonderful time in big sur and in california, ” she says. “we wanted to be close [ to big sur ]. ”
the red hot chili peppers mentioned big sur in their 2000 surf - and - sky - loving single
road trippin'
and morissette sang about big sur on the tune
torch
from her 2008 album
flavors of entanglement .
morissette also offered a simple but perfect tribute to big sur last fall on twitter, when she posted a beachy picture of herself pregnant, staring off into the waves .
levine and takal lived in big sur for a month prior to filming, in part to figure out how they were going to shoot the movie. then, once filming began, the cast and crew lived together in a house in big sur for a month while making always shine .
takal says that big sur truly added to the feel of her film. “for me, big sur is a place that is so removed from the superficial bullshit of hollywood and celebrity and stupid shit like that, ” she says. “you are forced to confront who you really are because there is no noise. so to me bringing anna and beth to big sur was a way of getting them out and away from all of the things that are distracting them from looking inward, so that they have to look inward and confront their demons. ”
takal, who directed the film, and her husband lawrence michael levine, who wrote the script and portrays a bartender named jessie, had visited big sur a handful of times before shooting it. “the first time i went to big sur i was blown away by how beautiful it was, ” she says from her new home in los angeles. “i always say it made me believe in god. ”
already, kerouac films is developing feature films of both big sur and kerouac’s 1958 novel the dharma bums. (currently, francis ford coppola owns the rights to kerouac’s masterwork, 1957’s on the road). worden says that the screenplay for the feature film version of big sur is completed and being passed around to some directors in los angeles. “it’s definitely going to be a motion picture, ” he says .
filming has commenced on director michael polish’s (the astronaut farmer) adaptation of jack kerouac’s big sur. the film stars jean - marc barr as kerouac, josh lucas as neal cassidy, and kate bosworth as billie, the love interest of both men. deadline reports that production just recently began on the film, which tells the story of kerouac’s move from new york city to northern california .
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the film includes the necessary interviews with individuals who were important characters in the book, including ferlinghetti, the poet and co - founder of san francisco’s city lights booksellers & publishers who lent kerouac his bixby canyon cabin, which kerouac refers to as raton canyon in big sur .
subscribe to trailers: urltoken subscribe to coming soon: urltoken subscribe to indie & film festivals: urltoken like us on facebook: urltoken follow us on twitter: urltoken urltoken big sur focuses on a moment in jack kerouac' s life when, overwhelmed by the success of his opus on the road and struggling with alcoholism, he retreats to his publisher lawrence ferlinghetti' s cabin in the small, coastal california town of big sur .
the major flaw of “big sur” is a rushed quasi - happy ending in which kerouac endures a terrifying psychotic episode, recovers his spirits and decides to go home to long island. but it is really an admission of defeat. filmed without a trace of sentimentality, “big sur” is an achingly sad last hurrah .
joining the influx of films turning a nostalgic lens onto the icons of the beat generation is big sur, director michael polish’s lush adaptation of jack kerouac’s 1962 novel of the same name. the film works in fascinating contrast to recent beat movies, most significantly fellow sundance entry kill your darlings, which chronicles the columbia university days of kerouac and his contemporaries. whereas kill your darlings captures the genesis of a movement, big sur vividly captures its decline .
. that film stars kristen stewart, garrett hedlund and sam riley, kirsten dunst and viggo mortensen. hit the jump for a synopsis of
big sur rises and fades, shifts and moves, through movements and melodies, singing a beautifully sad song for an era and a man who lost his way .
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already, the director inadvertently turned a handful of folks onto the book while filming the segments of his documentary on location in big sur. “i think most of the crew knew who jack kerouac was but they had not read big sur, ” he says. “and then you start interviewing these really cool people, and they start talking about the story. after two days of shooting, every crew member had a copy of big sur in their back pocket, and they were reading it every chance they get. ”
while some of the contributors lend more authority to the project than others, there’s a handful of scenes that truly illuminate the book big sur and kerouac’s state at that time .
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in 2008 ,
one fast move or i' m gone: jack kerouac and big sur ,
a documentary about the experiences the book was based, on was released .
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is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
as sharply as it delineates an america of spotty, informal economies, the film avoids articulating most of the people who live and work in these spaces .
an adaptation of american literary icon jack kerouac' s novel of the same name, big sur focuses on a moment in kerouac' s life when, overwhelmed by the success of his opus on the road and struggling to battle inner demons, he seeks respite in three brief sojourns to a cabin in the small, coastal california town of big sur. michael polish' s film is at once a poetic meditation and a love - letter to the work of an author who defined the beat generation. (c) ketchup
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with its vertigo - inducing cliffs, thick veils of fog and raw beauty, big sur is an ideal setting for sophia takal’s intense psychological thriller always shine. premiering at the 2016 tribeca film festival, the movie created a big buzz with publications including entertainment weekly, and garnered a best actress award for mackenzie davis, who stars as the tempestuous anna. it begins screening locally at the osio theater dec. 2 .
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beat generation poet lawrence ferlinghetti also had a cabin in big sur, in the wilderness of bixby canyon. kerouac, one of the beats' most important writers, stayed in that cabin for a time, and wrote about it in his 1962 book
big sur ,
ranting as fictional alter - ego jack duluoz about his own real - life loneliness and alcohol - fueled delirium .
during the film, ventimiglia’s reading of selected passages from big sur is like a narrative highway 1 connecting wide - ranging themes and scenes together. except for a scene of farrar playing that almost seems like a detour into a music video, the acoustic blues riffs and organ swells composed and recorded by farrar and gibbard course naturally through one fast move or i’m gone like bixby creek .
among literary figures, miller probably has the strongest association with the area .
big sur has a climate all its own and a character all its own ,
he wrote in his 1957 autobiographical book
big sur and the oranges of hieronymus bosch .
it is a region where extremes meet, a region where one is always conscious of weather, of space, of grandeur, and of eloquent silence .
the shots of big sur (m. david mullen is the gifted cinematographer) woven throughout the film—the billowing fog, the towering redwoods, the long line of crashing waves, the cloudy sky out to sea—are magnificent as well as alienating. the visuals evoke a beauty so grand that we can never hope to enter into it. it is a beauty that is closed to kerouac, a fact that he finds distressing. we see kerouac sitting by the waves staring out to sea. we see him wading by the creek, we see him typing. he reads
dr. jekyll & mr. hyde
by the fire, and, of course, over the course of the film his own split personality will crack open, revealing the abyss within. it is clear that there will be no coming back from big sur. something died during his short time out there. he had less than 10 years left to live. watching
big sur
, you are amazed kerouac lasted even that long .
this mgm short film narrated by richard burton promotes it' s upcoming major release the sandpiper (1965) starring burton and his then wife elizabeth taylor. panoramic shots of the ocean, the seashore and the desert segue into the artistic community with various of its well - known artists at work and play. it all leads to clips from the film being made .
“big sur” cracks the code of how to adapt jack kerouac for the screen. the secret is deceptively simple: go to the source and stay there. the hot - wired energy and spontaneity of the beat mystique are embedded in writing that distills its feverish essence better than any hyped - up action. the hard part is melding readings with live action, but “big sur” makes it look so easy that you hardly notice the transitions .
makenzie davis breaks out big as anna thanks to a powerful depiction of psychological duress .
meanwhile, sampas was creating the film’s soundtrack, with some input from his partners at kerouac films. “although there is just a bit of jazz in the film, we wanted to stay away from the whole jazz thing, because we thought that it might be too predictable for a beat poet, ” he says. “keep the bongos away, so to speak. ”
published in 1962, the autobiographical big sur charts the meltdown of a feted young author, who flees his native new york to hole up in a cabin on the coast of california. it was based on kerouac' s own experiences at big sur, where he fled to escape the whirlwind success that followed the publication of on the road. the author died in october 1969 from an internal haemorrhage, brought on by years of heavy drinking .
in 2010, another beat generation writer got his big screen turn. james franco portrayed allen ginsberg in
howl ,
a hybrid film involving readings from the titular poem, interviews with franco as ginsberg and reenactments from his obscenity trial, starring jon hamm as his lawyer .
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miller' s longtime partington ridge property 14 miles south of the big sur post office still exists, overlooking the ocean. miller painted and wrote there, entertaining visitors ranging from young misfit fans of his work to established artists .
kerouac is as inscrutable to the viewer as he is to those around him, as barr turns in an enigmatic and reserved performance. with minimal on - screen dialogue, the only glimpses we get into his psyche are through a series of voiceovers: jazzy readings of kerouac’s poetry and prose played against scenic views of the pacific ocean. polish, whose past films include the haunting for lovers only, creates a melancholy, dream - like reality that relies heavily on grand vistas and an atmospheric score by the national. mimicking the disjointed cadences of the novel that inspired it, the film is less a character study than it is a meditative portrait of artistic ennui. while at times this more contemplative approach puts the film in danger of becoming a study in navel - gazing, polish manages to pull back by shooting the film with a simplicity that works to underscore rather than overwhelm kerouac’s state of mind. a delicate, exquisite - looking film, big sur is a brief, glittering portrait of an artist .
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the film is driven by narration taken from passages of kerouac' s own prose, which celebrate the enthusiasm and passion he holds for life while his addictions eat away at his body and mind .
early on, tom waits tosses out the gem that “ big sur always reminded me of a chronicle of a man being eaten by ants. ” before delivering a bebop influenced reading of kerouac’s drive down the big sur coast, former grateful dead lyricist robert hunter echoes waits’ sentiment by enthusing that the 1962 novel “is an ugly, ugly book of ugly places in the mind, of sordid places in the psyche. ” and it’s poet aram saroyan who nails the tone of big sur before kerouac descends into madness. he says: “it’s like a goofy holy man’s journal in this wonderful place. the first 40 pages, or whatever it is, of the book is just like a little kid exploring in nature. ”
bosworth is among the stars in polish & apos; s big sur — a 2012 film based on author jack kerouac & apos; s legendary life. at last week & apos; s coldplay show, bosworth couldn & apos; t help herself, according to a witness :
she kept hanging all over him, kissing him, coming up behind him and squeezing him while kissing the back of his neck and biting his ear !
big sur is a humane, precise account of the extraordinary ravages of delirium tremens on kerouac, a superior novelist who had the strength to complete his poetic narrative despite his affliction. here we meet san francisco s poets and recognize dean moriarty, ten years after on the road. at the peak of his suffering, kerouac was able to write through it all, ending this book with a tribute to the hallucinatory sounds of the pacific ocean at big sur [ barnes and noble ] .
takal strove to make the movie without getting in the way of big sur residents’ daily lives. “one of the things that was really important to me was to have a small enough crew that we wouldn’t be an intrusion on people, ” she says .
miller, famed for his explicit novel
tropic of cancer ,
lived and worked in big sur between 1944 and 1962, drawn to the stretch of coast' s idyllic setting and a revolving cadre of creative, kind, hard - working residents .
typical: you wait a lifetime for a big - screen beat generation movie and then three roll off the rank at once. hard on the heels of last year' s howl and walter salles' s yet - to - be - released on the road comes big sur, an adaptation of the jack kerouac novel by writer - director michael polish .
a big screen adaptation of jack kerouac' s
big sur ,
about the famed author' s detox period on a california mountain following his whirlwind time traveling to and from his new york city home, has set its main cast. deadline reports that in director michael polish' s film ,
dogville
star jean - marc barr is playing kerouac, josh lucas is taking on inspiration / maniac / best friend neal cassady, and kate bosworth is playing billie. in addition, playing smaller roles are anthony edwards, rahda mitchell, balthazar getty and henry thomas .
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in the end, the process of scoring a film where parts of the score were already written wasn' t all that different from scoring a film that has been given a temp score (
temp score ,
or temporary score, refers to the very common practice of filmmakers laying pre - existing music into a film during editing, before the original score is written to replace it). especially since we didn' t use any of the existing musical material in the new cues. of course, as opposed to working with regular temp scores, this one stayed in the picture and worked beautifully - so it was a pleasure to work around it .
on oct. 20, the dvd and cd will be available at urltoken in different formats including a digital album ($ 9. 99), a standard cd ($ 12. 99), a cd / dvd combo package ($ 19. 99) and a limited edition box set ($ 49. 99) with cd, dvd, a 24 page book of unpublished photos of jack kerouac and a paperback copy of kerouac’s big sur. further information: urltoken film
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i find that scoring a film is a lot like acting: while you always bring your own experiences, your taste and your sensibilities to every project, in the end it' s the film that determines the music, not the composer. i expected this to be even more the case when writer - director michael polish asked me to continue the beautiful score started by bryce and aaron dessner of the national. as mike was writing the screenplay of big sur, based on jack kerouac' s novel of the same name, he had been listening incessantly to the national' s music. to him the band' s dark, strong sound perfectly captured kerouac' s journey as he slowly approached the end of his rope .
released last autumn, howl starred james franco as the poet allen ginsberg, with todd rotondi as kerouac. due for release at the end of 2011, on the road stars sam riley, kristen stewart and viggo mortensen. production on big sur is reportedly already under way .
the film is quite strong in its unblinking portrayal of alcoholism, depression, and mania, but it would have been stronger without a voice telling me over and over and over again how i was supposed to be feeling about it .
film music is always just one part of an artistic whole, but in this film, with its strong images, ever - present voiceover and expressive natural sounds, this was even more the case. the production track (all sounds of the film minus the music - dialogue, voiceover, environmental sounds etc .) had to remain audible during the whole writing process, because even more than usual the music was but one
instrument
in the overall soundtrack. in fact, after all the preparations and experiments, creating music for this film felt very much like a being part of a live, improvised group performance. all the planning and thinking, even though it certainly informed everything i ended up doing, ultimately had to fall away again completely, allowing me to become merely one improviser in that quintet of actors' performances, voiceover, visuals, natural sounds and music. to close with kerouac :
there' s no need to say another word .
filmmakers ila beka & louise lemoine look under the skin of big' s 8 house in copenhagen. the ∞ happiness explores the inner workings of the building documented by the bekas through their month - long stay as the buildings residents. the film can be seen at hot to cold, national building museum in washington d. c until august 30th, 2015 .
in 1960, three years after the publication of
on the road
, which made him a celebrity, jack kerouac was finding his fame wearying. he was pushing forty, and harassed by beatnik groupies who thought he had the answers to life. he was a severe alcoholic. fearful that he was losing his grip on his art, he went to stay in poet pal lawrence ferlinghetti' s big sur cabin for a back - to - nature writing retreat. it didn' t quite work out as planned, and the book that resulted, titled
big sur
, is an excruciating howl of pain exacerbated by delirium tremens and restless anxiety that sometimes tipped into insanity. written in kerouac' s typically honest stream - of - consciousness style, and owing much to james joyce ,
big sur
exists entirely inside the mind of a man going mad .
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when you' re there, though, big sur' s isolated beauty is staggering. fog settles into the steep flank of the santa lucia mountains, above beaches lined with tide pools and massive rock formations. guest houses are surrounded by thick walls of green foliage, and not much else .
in addition, the documentary captures revealing information about the famed writer by getting collaborators and colleagues including jazz artist david amram, beat poet michael mcclure and carolyn cassady, the wife of kerouac’s dear friend neal cassady, to speak on film. but there are also some unexpected contributors to the movie, like amber tamblyn, who was the star of tv’s joan of arcadia, and donal logue, the scruffy canadian actor from the 2000 film the tao of steve and the former fox sitcom grounded for life .
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exclusive: director michael polish has started production on the 1960s pic big sur, setting dogville’ s jean - marc barr to play jack kerouac, josh lucas to play beat generation fixture neal cassady and kate bosworth to play billie, the woman linked to both. the drama covers kerouac’s move from new york to northern california, as he tries to rediscover himself after badly handling the fame, drugs and decadent lifestyle that came with his groundbreaking novel on the road. anthony edwards, radha mitchell, balthazar getty, patrick fischler, stana katic, john robinson and henry thomas are also in the polish - scripted film. 3311 productions, a newly formed financing / production company, funded the film. polish produces with 3311’s ross jacobson, mark roberts, eddie vaisman and adam kassen. orian williams is also producing .
with the only road in or out cut off, residents have been stranded in the middle, and the only tourists getting in were the mega - rich who could afford a helicopter. but big sur has finally found a way to reopen to everyone – if you don’t mind a bit of adventure .
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director michael polish (twin falls, idaho) is helming the big sur adaptation with a cast including jean - marc barr in the kerouac / duluoz role, josh lucas as neal cassady and kate bosworth as billie, with anthony edwards, radha mitchell, balthazar getty, and henry thomas filling in smaller roles .
while big sur' s influence on the arts has been turning up in poems, books and songs in american popular culture for nearly a century, its human history goes back much farther than that. earliest inhabitants included the native american esselen tribe, followed by pioneers who settled the area in the late 19th century .
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but there are more reasons to return to big sur, with two star attractions reopening. the popular campground at pfeiffer big sur state park reopened on 1 july, following the opening of some of its smaller trails in may. the park, loved for its redwood groves and rushing rivers, was closed for a year after this winter’s rainfall and last summer’s massive soberanes fire wreaked havoc. (“we’re hoping famine and pestilence aren’t next, ” quipped rob o’keefe, from the tourist board of monterey county .) the campground is already near capacity every night. wildly photogenic pfeiffer beach, also cut off by landslides, will be accessible by august .
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helping visitors get to the emergency trail is a dedicated shuttle bus, run by a local operator. trying to book gives you a measure of big sur’s remoteness: phone reception is limited. you fill in an online form and can expect a reply within 72 hours. this may be california, but it’s not silicon valley .
with the documentary screening at more film festivals and gaining a higher profile due to the release of the accompanying cd, kerouac’s overlooked novel may undergo a critical reappraisal. “i really hope that people watch the documentary and decide that they have to read the book, ” worden says .
polish wrote and is directing the film, which features a supporting cast that includes anthony edwards, rahda mitchell, balthazar getty, patrick fischler, stana katic, john robinson and henry thomas. this marks the second kerouac adaptation in a year, as walter salles recently filmed an adaptation of
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the veteran cameraman says he employed a philosophy for shooting the film that allowed the words spoken in the film to stand out as one fast move or i’m gone ’s primary attraction. “i intentionally chose to keep the shots very, very simple, ” he says. “there’s not a whole lot of camera movement. there’s none of this dolly and zooming in. it wasn’t a ton of camera motion. i mean there are some beautiful shots. they were hand selected so that they worked for what they were supposed to work for, but they didn’t overpower jack kerouac’s prose. ”
two years ago, a reissue of on the road marked the 50th anniversary of its 1957 publication, earning renewed kudos. now f - stop / atlantic records is honoring the 40th anniversary of his death on oct. 21, 1969 – while his legend lives on, living up to the legend proved intolerably hard for the writer – with the release of a 98 - minute documentary about big sur. an album featuring an unlikely collaboration between alt country icon jay farrar (uncle tupelo, son volt) and ben gibbard of the grammy - nominated indie pop group death cab for cutie will accompany it. directed by curt worden, the documentary is a collage of passages from the book read by the sopranos ’ john ventimiglia, images of the big sur coast (fog dispersing into the sky like creamer clouding coffee, waves creating a rind of whitewater on the shoreline) and a parade of talking heads: some essential, some seemingly scattershot. the dvd and cd are both titled one fast move or i’m gone: kerouac’s big sur .
trying to capture the paradox of writers embracing life with a near - suicidal ferocity without using their language is probably futile, as walter salles’s disappointing screen adaptation of “on the road” (2012) suggested. there were kerouac quotations in “on the road” but not nearly enough to sustain the electric current that runs through the much more modest “big sur. ”
“just being surrounded by mountains, i find so humbling, ” she says. “if i’m trapped in my own self - absorption, i just look out my window and see these huge mountains then it reminds me that there is more to life than the dumb shit i am worrying about. i think big sur is the ultimate place like that. ”
venerated in books by late authors henry miller and jack kerouac, it' s no wonder then that big sur continues to be a haven for writers, artists and musicians such as alanis morissette and the red hot chili peppers, all inspired by a hybrid landscape of mountains, beaches, birds and sea, plus bohemian inns and ultra - private homes .
surface magazine' s latest cover features bjarke ingels. profiled by editor - in - chief spencer bailey, the article traces the birth of big all the way back to bjarke' s pilgrimage to land an internship at oma, how the office got the first projects, bjarke' s first favorite architecture magazine el croquis, the big partnership expansion and other firms big and bjarke admires now. portrait by andrew zuckerman .
the narrative is structured around his three visits to a cabin in bixby canyon in big sur, owned by the poet lawrence ferlinghetti (anthony edwards) that is a kind of oasis and stopover for beat poets and fellow travelers. they include the poets michael mcclure (balthazar getty), philip whalen (henry thomas) and lew welch (patrick fischler) .
after the success of on the road made his mind all goopy with fame, celebrity, beat wannabe kids yakking, hangovers ringin’ his head like an empty bell, jack kerouac decided to dry out in big sur – he got a ride down highway 1 past swishing seashores splish splashing and past redwood trees quietly meditating to bixby canyon where a bridge was stretched out like a spider web over a deep ravine – in the canyon, where a creek gurgled like an old man gargling and wrecks from the road above sat in the vegetation like twisted puzzle pieces, the so - called king of the beats went lights - out crazy and wrote his 1962 novel big sur in the creepy crawly cabin that belonged to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti .
big' s first monograph, yes is more, now available from taschen in english, german, spanish, french, italian and portuguese .
big sur is often ignored by critics and kerouac fans alike. we all want the freedom of on the road, the craziness of the dharma bums — the celebration of the beat lifestyle. we want young jack living his american dream of the road. but big sur shows what happens to kerouac as fame and age taint that dream. “i’m just plumb sick and tired…of the whole nerve - wracking scene, ” he says, and means it. reading this novel is vital for anyone who wants to know what happens to an adult who lives on the edge when faced with responsibility and success. i have many friends who need this novel — friends who think they are challenging a system, when really they are living a permanent adolescence .
a harrowing chronicle of alcoholism and self - doubt, big sur finds kerouac replacing his alter ego sal paradise from on the road with another troubled, thinly veiled stand - in, jack duluoz. five years after a new york times review of on the road compared the novel’s importance to that of ernest hemingway’s the sun also rises and proclaimed kerouac the “avatar” of the beats, big sur received a decidedly more mixed reception. the times stayed behind kerouac in their review of the book, proclaiming it “certainly kerouac’s grittiest novel to date and the one which will be read with most respect by those skeptical of all the beat business in the first place. ” but time magazine felt the work revealed kerouac as a “confirmed one - vein literary minor. ”
andreas klok pedersen joined big in 2004 and is the design director of big london. since joining big, andreas has led a number of big’s competitions, master plans and large - scale projects in europe and asia. most recently, andreas has led the design for the parc research center in paris, transitlager in basel, greenland national gallery of art and the shenzhen energy hq as well as the regional planning project the loop city. his projects also count the urban future award research project for audi, the carbon neutral zira island in azerbaijan, tamayo museum, scala library, arlanda hotel and big’s contribution to the venice biennale in 2004 and 2010. in addition to managing competitions and concept development at big, andreas ran an architecture studio at the royal danish academy of fine arts in copenhagen and was guest - professor at the aho school of architecture in oslo norway in the fall of 2011 .
the dual releases of one fast move or i’m gone: kerouac’s big sur are the first ventures for kerouac films. the fledgling company began when music producer jim sampas contacted veteran tv man and documentary filmmaker curt worden about getting into the film business two years ago. worden’s resume includes a decade – long stint as director of photography at abc news in new york. following his time on staff at abc news, worden worked as a freelancer on 60 minutes, 20 / 20, the oprah winfrey show and pbs’ nova. he also has taken home two emmy awards for his work covering the first gulf war and for a project titled the making of a summit, which featured president bill clinton and ted koppel .
the celebrity author, harassed by fans at his home, flees to the west coast to write in a relaxing atmosphere, free of the troubles of the real world. lawrence ferlinghetti lends him the big sur cabin in bixby canyon that should have been his salvation, but instead fuels an alcohol - induced breakdown. near the beginning of the book, kerouac’s beloved cat dies, prompting him to begin a fantastic drunk that lasts weeks. in the midst of this self - destruction he starts a twisted love affair with neal cassady’s mistress, “billie. ” but kerouac’s descent into the depths of alcoholism ruins this love affair, his friendship with the other beats, and most of all his appreciation for the beauties of the world around him, signified by the backdrop of big sur itself .
the free - running documentary my playground by kaspar astrup schröder from big' s mountain in copenhagen. buy the dvd including 45 minutes of bonus material .
by jerry cimino and then there were two. as a friend of mine put it most succinctly a few weeks ago, “i’ve been waiting fifty years for a new film adaptation of one of kerouac’s books, and now we’ve got two of them coming one on the heels of the other. ” truer words were never [ … ]
another poem by jeffers ,
the beaks of eagles ,
later inspired a beach boys' song on their 1970s album
holland .
in the early '70s, beach boys co - founder al jardine even built a recording studio, red barn, a 10 - minute walk from pfeiffer beach, a picturesque oceanside expanse in the middle of big sur covered in lavender - tinted sand .
serving big sur, carmel - by - the - sea, carmel valley, castroville, del rey oaks, marina, monterey, moss landing, pacific grove, pebble beach, prunedale, salinas, salinas valley, sand city, seaside and the entire monterey county. © copyright 2017, monterey county weekly, seaside, ca - milestone communications inc. all rights reserved. formerly the coast weekly newspaper .
with his 2004 debut, primer, shane carruth challenged the long - held conventions of the sci - fi genre, taking the traditional time - travel narrative and twisting it into a dense examination of human relationships. with upstream color, carruth once again offers up an imaginative but deeply disorienting film that he himself has admitted is virtually “impossible to spoil. ”
big is incredibly proud to present our latest publication big + small in collaboration with japanese a + u. the special issue highlights big' s latest projects ranging from the large - scale urban projects to smaller residences worldwide, including recent pictures from construction sites in miami, copenhagen, nyc, shenzhen, bahamas, mexico and many more. antón garcía - abril' s essay everything is possible and jeffrey inaba' s thought provoking interview with bjarke ingels provide fresh insights into his philosophy and design thinking .
the cd, which blossomed from the recording of just a few songs for the documentary’s soundtrack, is now a 12 - song set of original music paired with lyrics adapted from kerouac’s big sur. “california zephyr” finds gibbard – who penned some of the songs for his band’s billboard - topping album narrow stairs in the cabin that kerouac describes in big sur – singing lyrics about the author’s train ride to california over acoustic guitar strums as wide open as the american countryside that passed outside kerouac’s window. others, like “low life kingdom” are typical farrar country rock compositions complete with dense verbiage delivered in his unmistakable molasses drawl over steel guitar lines strung out like taffy. some standouts include “all in one, ” a more upbeat number that’s as refreshing as a blast of coastal air, and “final horrors, ” where the dark blues sound of the music perfectly suits the lyrics describing the despairs ofalcoholism .
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big sur is a 2013 american adventure drama film directed by michael polish . it is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by jack kerouac . the story is based on the time kerouac spent in big sur , california and his three brief sojourns to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti 's cabin in bixby canyon . these trips were taken by kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his sudden success . the film debuted on january 23 , 2013 at the 2013 sundance film festival , where it received generally positive reviews . the film was released in the united states in a limited theatrical release on november 1 , 2013 . 
big sur is a 2013 american adventure drama film directed by michael polish. it is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by jack kerouac. the story is based on the time kerouac spent in big sur, california and his three brief sojourns to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti's cabin in bixby canyon. these trips were taken by kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his sudden success. the film debuted on january 23, 2013 at the 2013 sundance film festival, where it received generally positive reviews. the film was released in the united states in a limited theatrical release on november 1, 2013.
big sur is a 2013 american adventure drama film directed by michael polish. it is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by jack kerouac. the story is based on the time kerouac spent in big sur, california and his three brief sojourns to his friend lawrence ferlinghetti's cabin in bixby canyon. these trips were taken by kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his sudden success. the film debuted on january 23, 2013 at the 2013 sundance film festival, where it received generally positive reviews. the film was released in the united states in a limited theatrical release on november 1, 2013.