Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

1984 19 minutes

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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. — Museum of Modern Art

Released

1st January 1984

42 years ago

Runtime

19 minutes

Finishes at 4:52pm

Directed by

Robert Frank

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