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Living at the movies

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Living at the Movies surely proves that Jim Carroll is one of the most creatve poets of our time. These collective peoms were written from his Basketball Diaries period (1960s), and from his Forced Entries period (1970s).

"Jim Carroll has the sure confidence of a true artist....He is steeped in his craft. He had worked as only a man of inspiration is capable of working...His beginning is a triumph."
-Gerard Malnga.

This book was originally published in 1973, and was the first aboveground publication of Jim Carroll's work in poetry. He shows uncanny virtuosity. His power and poison are reminisent to Arthur Rimbaud, and one of the strongest forfeiting books of poems in the New York period. In language he deals with his pains and pleasures: The city, love, hope, rebellion, menacing, and friendship. These poems emerge in the manical city, Jim Carroll is not afraid to push the edge, he has transformed from a New York street punk to a litural artist.

Classic of the late Jim C. Love it. Think it is better for over 18 yr old readers due to drug references which are very powerful.

Jim caroll is one of the best poets of the new generation of poets. This collection named, "Living at the Movies" shows just how creative and visionary he is.

Wow. It's a side of life I'll never see and I'm quite okay with that, but I was enthralled with Jim Carroll's diaries. I just couldn't put them down.

someone listed this as from the "poet" from a NEW generation
of poets........ actually he isfar from it!!!!He seems to be still from (and not too original) the 60's. And as far removed from RIMBAUD as I am from O.J. Simpson. He has never left that
novella of 'the basketball diaries' which seems to be page after
page of the same ole thing with absolutely nothing sought nor learned...altho he did seem to share it with us but after 160 pages of self-centered cosmology that continuously just rewriting the season and year that was boredom to me (who also was there) incident after incident, over and over!!!I am not even from N.Y. and have never been there..... The movie gave the author much more than he deserved and somehow made the whole thing interesting and that doesn't usually happen when you go from book to movie.
I have a friend who also expierenced this altho he does not have anti-gay asinine, neither clever or intelligent approach of jim carroll pronounced for his own reason to get occasional money.
for his desires. One thing is that the movie did accomplish this and get all reasoning many steps above of this 'poet" who is firmly continually living on his past while trying to create a sentence while omitting several words is unable to have the advanced, brillant, forseen cleverness of RIMBAUD....to classify overrated Mr. Carroll may I just add the following: bovine, thick, witless, ill-advised, ludicrous, mindless, unthinking and un-wise....I have no intention of listening to the Carroll band
because I can imagine very accurately which way they claim for the hopeful peneration!!!