Poster of Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

Plot: Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences that sometimes numbered in the hundreds or thousands. On January 9, 1984, Robert Frank filmed Ginsberg reading his poem “White Shroud,” while Corso read a poem he had written the night before, some turgid verses on priapic preoccupations
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1983
40 years ago
Scroll to Crew

Cast

Portrait of Gregory CorsoGregory Corso
Gregory Corso was
53 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
Wed, Mar 26 1930 –
Wed, Jan 17 2001
Portrait of Allen GinsbergAllen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was
57 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
Thu, Jun 03 1926 –
Sat, Apr 05 1997
Portrait of Peter OrlovskyPeter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky was
50 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
Sat, Jul 08 1933 –
Sun, May 30 2010

Crew

Portrait of Robert FrankRobert Frank
Robert Frank was
59 in Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
as 'Director, Cinematography'
Sun, Nov 09 1924