![]() Of course this is the only way the story COULD end since it's based on real life. I hate seeing people waste their talents, especially by their own foolish addictions. ![]() Yes, it's professionally made with a quality cast and it kept my interest for the first 45-50 minutes, but then it just drones on to the bitter end. "interior monologue") and the beautiful cinematography of Big Sur. "Big Sur," by contrast, only has Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness verbiage (i.e. At least with 1991's "The Doors," which chronicled Jim Morrison's downward spiral, we got great music, entertaining concert footage and colorful characters. ![]() While this is a well-made artsy film featuring narrations from the author himself throughout, it's done in by its subject. Kerouac can't handle his fame and success as the leader of the beatniks and so descends into the darkness of alcohol addiction. Sometimes he's alone and sometimes he's with friends. "Big Sur" (2013), based on the 1962 book by the enigmatic Jack Kerouac, details the author's three retreats to a friend's cabin in the magnificent eponymous location a hundred miles south of San Francisco. ![]()
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