Watch it while you can - YouTube has a copy of the legendary Beatnik film 'Pull My Daisy' online. It was shot during Januar '59 in painter David Leslie's loft on 4th Avenue and 12th Street, directed by Leslie and Swiss photographer Robert Frank (already famous for his book 'The Americans'), written and narrated by Jack Kerouac, featuring Allen Ginsberg, his lover Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers and music by David Amram. "Pull My Daisy" was first screened in November 1959 at New York's Cinema 16 festival on a double bill with John Cassavetes' Shadows'.
The film's script was based on the third act of Kerouac's play 'The Beat Generation', which in turn was based on an evening at Neal Cassadys' home in Los Gatos in 1955, when a visit of the local bishop and his elderly mother and aunt coincided with the unexpected arrival of Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky.The visit turned into a nightmare for Carolyn, Neal Cassady’s wife. After tea had been served, Ginsberg sat between the two elderly women and asked brightly, "Now, what about sex?" Caressing a bottle of wine, Kerouac slouched down on the floor by the bishop's legs and fell into a drunken sleep. As Carolyn tried to carry on a normal conversation with her guests, Kerouac would wake up now and then, look at the bishop, say, "I love you", then go back to sleep.
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