Corso The Last Beat
Film Director's Preview
Film Screening followed by Q&A
with Filmmaker Gustave Reininger
Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 PM
Ferguson Theater
600 South Michigan, 1st floor
The feature length film "Corso – The Last Beat" introduces a new generation to the icons of "The Beat Generation" – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Gregory Corso.
Kerouac and Corso. Studs Terkel, Corso and Allen Ginsberg.
Photos provided by Gus Reininger.
ETHAN HAWKE, two time Academy Award Nominee, takes us on an on the road discovery of GREGORY CORSO - the most colorful of the inner circle of THE BEATS, writers who changed world culture and social history. Visit the film's homepage here.
About the Filmmaker: GUSTAVE REININGER
Gustave Reininger is the co-creator of the hit NBC TV drama, “Crime Story” which was based on the Chicago Mafia, “The Outfit,” and how it got off the streets and into the boardrooms of Las Vegas casinos. Reininger’s career started in international investment banking. While in Europe, Reininger co-produced a French Language thriller starring Dennis Hopper, “Last In – First Out.” Returning to the U.S. Reininger was a contributor to Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice” and “Robbery Homicide Division.” He has worked with directors Sydney Pollack, Penny Marshall, Paul Verhoeven and other notable filmmakers. Reininger recently directed another feature length documentary “Getting Beyond” featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Thicht Nhat Han.
Film Screening followed by Q&A
with Filmmaker Gustave Reininger
Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 PM
Ferguson Theater
600 South Michigan, 1st floor
The feature length film "Corso – The Last Beat" introduces a new generation to the icons of "The Beat Generation" – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Gregory Corso.
Kerouac and Corso. Studs Terkel, Corso and Allen Ginsberg.
Photos provided by Gus Reininger.
ETHAN HAWKE, two time Academy Award Nominee, takes us on an on the road discovery of GREGORY CORSO - the most colorful of the inner circle of THE BEATS, writers who changed world culture and social history. Visit the film's homepage here.
About the Filmmaker: GUSTAVE REININGER
Gustave Reininger is the co-creator of the hit NBC TV drama, “Crime Story” which was based on the Chicago Mafia, “The Outfit,” and how it got off the streets and into the boardrooms of Las Vegas casinos. Reininger’s career started in international investment banking. While in Europe, Reininger co-produced a French Language thriller starring Dennis Hopper, “Last In – First Out.” Returning to the U.S. Reininger was a contributor to Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice” and “Robbery Homicide Division.” He has worked with directors Sydney Pollack, Penny Marshall, Paul Verhoeven and other notable filmmakers. Reininger recently directed another feature length documentary “Getting Beyond” featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Thicht Nhat Han.