Reference Number:
TE2/1973/143
Allen Ginsberg performance 1973 (Part 3)
Additional Information
The last part of the performance documented in Tapes 140-142. Starts with a close-up of Ginsberg face as he wipes it with a towel, mid-way through reading a poem. It is a long, stream-of-consciousness type piece with varied imagery, lasting until about 16 and a half minutes in. After this Ginsberg performs a sung Sanskrit mantra for about ten minutes, accompanied by the two guitarists again. After wiping his face he talks about returning on the Sunday night (following what presumably was a Friday performance) to read more poems and play some more of William Blake's work set to music, adding to the guitarists that he’d like to play with them again. After around 27 minutes the tape cuts to the cameraman talking to the guitarist Allan Tall, saying ‘I got some great double frames of you and Allen, Allan.’ The camera work is continuous with close-ups and wider shots during the performance as before. The tape ends with the cameraman talking to Allan Tall.