Ballad of the Skeletons

Storyline

A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and backed by musicians to create a sort of song that becomes an American anthem.

• Released

  1997

• Runtime

  4min

• Director

  Gus Van Sant

Genre

Music

• Status

  Released

• Language

  English

• Production

  Sundance