Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

Kerouac fans unite? For the rest of us, let me be completely transparent, this looks like a slog, but at least comes in at 90 minutes and we can repair to Bruz after for shit talking as needed. Also, support the Sie for showing something that is not already playing in every other theater in town (something they seem to have forgotten how to do?). Am I excited? Most definitely cuz we can hang, have a beer on the patio, celebrate community and delightful Colorado weather. For the movie? ooooo, not so much, enjoy the dry scathing review, one of the few I could find...

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation is a well-shot, but dull, dry, meandering and unfocused documentary about how Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road has influenced people today. Director Ebs Burnough retraces the path that Kerouac took across the continental U.S. in his iconic novel. There are interesting anecdotes about how some travelers who love Kerouac have been inspired to live a free-spirited life on the road in an RV. Clearly, his novel remains relevant throughout the years. If you're an avid fan of his and familiar with the novel, this would be a mildly engaging documentary that doesn't cut deep enough in terms of insight or emotional depth. Audiences unfamiliar with him or the novel will find it too dry, thematically all over the place, and underwhelming without being inspired to read it or to learn more about Kerouac. A truly great documentary should entertain the audience, provoke them intellectually and engage them emotionally simultaneously. Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation ultimately fails to accomplish that feat while leaving the audience cold. At 1 hour and 29 minutes, Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation opens at Quad Cinema.

Number of times I checked my watch: 4 (The NYC Movie Guru)

Tickets available on line and at the box office
Here is the link
https://denverfilm.eventive.org/films/686f1f4899df79f29b5c9b9c

Free Parking in the structure above the thater

We will repair to Bruz after, if anyone signs up for this event!