Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman · 1988
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman (1988) is a Documentary film directed by Jack Smithie, starring Peter MacNicol, Louis Turenne, Galway Kinnel.
Documentary
Overview
Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American verse much of its subsequent character and diction. Rejecting traditional constraints of form and subject matter, Whitman considered democracy itself appropriate grist for his own poetic mill, inventing a radically different sort of free verse to express what he had to say.
Cast
Peter MacNicol, Louis Turenne, Galway Kinnel, Allen Ginsberg
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What is "Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman" about?
Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American verse much of its subsequent character and diction. Rejecting traditional constraints of form and subject matter, Whitman considered democracy itself appropriate grist for his own poetic mill, inventing a radically different sort of free verse to express what he had to say.
When was "Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman" released?
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman was released in 1988.
Who stars in "Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman"?
The cast includes Peter MacNicol, Louis Turenne, Galway Kinnel, Allen Ginsberg.
