Scenes from Allen’s last three days
Director Jonas Mekas
Countries
Duration 67 min
Synopsis
This is a video record of the Buddhist wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg’s apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, his close friends and the Buddhist monks conducting the ceremony, preparing Allen for the travel into the spirit world. You also see Allen being wrapped up and removed from the apartment to the Buddhist Temple. I talk with Peter Orlovsky about Allen’s last days. Later I film the final farewell at the Buddhist Temple, 118 West 22nd Street, New York City. And his friends, Patti Smith, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, LeRoi Jones-Baraka, Hiro Yamagata, Anne Waldman, and many others who came to say farewell to Allen.
This is a video record of the Buddhist wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg’s apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, his close friends and the Buddhist monks conducting the ceremony, preparing Allen for the travel into the spirit world. You also see Allen being wrapped up and removed from the apartment to the Buddhist Temple. I talk with Peter Orlovsky about Allen’s last days. Later I film the final farewell at the Buddhist Temple, 118 West 22nd Street, New York City. And his friends, Patti Smith, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, LeRoi Jones-Baraka, Hiro Yamagata, Anne Waldman, and many others who came to say farewell to Allen.