Ballad of the Skeletons

Ballad of the Skeletons

6.0

Nov 20 1997

0h 4m

Music

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.

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney