Beat

Beat (2000)

In der Hoffnung, alles hinter sich zu lassen, fliehen William S. Burroughs und seine Frau Joan Vollmer nach einem Mord an ihrem besten Freund von New York nach Mexiko. Ein anderer Freund der beiden kennt jedoch ihr dunkles Geheimnis und hat die Verfolgung aufgenommen. Die Geschichte wiederholt sich, und noch einmal werden William und Joan durch die Besessenheit an die Grenzen getrieben, das neue Problem nochmals auf ihre Art zu lösen...

Erscheinungsdatum
2000-01-29
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (32)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 33 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Gary Walkow

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: Mexiko

Beat is a 2000 American biographical drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, and starring Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland, Norman Reedus, and Ron Livingston. The film focuses primarily on the last several weeks of writer Joan Vollmer's life in 1951 Mexico City, leading up to her murder by her husband, the writer William S. Burroughs.

Production

Courtney Love's casting as Joan Vollmer was announced in June 1999, at which point Norman Reedus had also been cast as Lucien Carr. Kiefer Sutherland's casting as William S. Burroughs was announced by The Hollywood Reporter in July 1999.

Principal photography of Beat took place in Mexico City in the summer of 1999, beginning on July 26. The apartment building which Vollmer and Burroughs are shown residing in the film was located across the street from the actual apartment building the couple shared. Vollmer was killed in a nearby apartment building which also housed a bar, The Bounty, which Burroughs frequented.

Originally, Walkow intended to structure the film chronologically into two separate acts, with the first documenting Vollmer and Burroughs' meeting in 1944 New York City, and the second on their life in 1951 Mexico City. However, he instead decided to present the 1944 backstory in the form of flashbacks, with Ginsberg narrating.

After completing filming, Love commented that "it was a great role," but unfavorably described the film's script as "lousy."

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