Poetry in Motion



Producer: Ron Mann
Project Producer: Christina Merlo
Designers: Peter Girardi and Paul
Schrynemakers

When you read a poem, you can sit back and think about it; when you hear it performed, all the passion and personality emerges. Dramatically linking two mediums.

Poetry in Motion makes both experiences available at the click of a mouse.

Ron Mann's superb film of twenty-four celebrated poets performing their work accompanies the printed texts on the screen.

The result is a splendid synergy between the spoken work and written word. You don't have to be a poetry aficionado to be seduced by William Burroughs' unforgettable rasp or Helen Adam's psychedelic reminiscences, but this exuberant celebration may turn you into one.