Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
First Run Features | Release Date: February 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 8, 2013
Ferlinghetti’s home-brewed brand of anarchism is weirdly as American as apple pie. Read full review
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New York PostV.A. MusettoFeb 7, 2013
‘A brave man and a brave poet.” That’s Bob Dylan talking about Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, publisher, anarchist, civil libertarian — in this lively documentary by Christopher Felver. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldFeb 7, 2013
As big a bouquet as the film is to Mr. Ferlinghetti, it is also a mash note to City Lights, a cultural touchstone and North Beach landmark. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 7, 2013
Considering the importance of the still active 93-year-old poet’s art and social activism, the film seems slight and discursive, more of an introduction than a definitive portrait. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 7, 2013
Sadly, the film gets mired in traditionalism, something the man himself always railed against. But worth a look for seeing intellectual bravery (still) at work. Read full review
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Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlFeb 6, 2013
Christopher Felver's stumbling hagiography Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder does no wrong by its celebrated subject-- but it never illuminates him, either. Read full review
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Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 5, 2013
Christopher Felver, while an inspired photographer, is not the director for the job; he dutifully ticks off Ferlinghetti’s major achievements — such as the founding of North Beach’s literary mecca, City Lights — yet never imbues his life with anything more than lefty zeal. Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 8, 2013
Christopher Felver is too reverent to properly convey the invigoratingly profane, angry messiness of the sense of community that Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his peers too briefly brought to life. Read full review
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