Fabulously acted dramatic thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe who proves that he really CAN act. The story is based around the intense relationship between aspiring writers Ginsberg and Carr who both live together in rooms in their university. They stand out, partly for their eccentric mannerisms, and partly because their opinions on writing and literature in general astound and amaze their professors and fellow classmates. Constantly told that "in writing they must kill their darlings" (roughly meaning that they should get rid of any 'fluffy' mannerisms and sayings) they go wild in their consumption of books and classical stimulation. Ginsberg is soon made aware that Lucien Carr only manages to stay at Columbia University because he has a special relationship with the lead professor David Kammerer who appears to be an ex lover of his. He also befriends Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs who are in the middle of their own personal war with the quest for knowledge. Soon it becomes too much for Carr and Ginsberg to have Kammerer constantly begging Lucien for sexual favours and they decide to murder him.
It's an exceedingly plotted and well done movie, and fascinating to see the crumbling relationships between these clever men.
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