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The Broken Tower is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed, written, produced, edited by and starring James Franco. The film was made by Franco as his master's thesis for his MFA in filmmaking from New York University. The film is about American poet Hart Crane.
- Neil Benezra
- James Franco, Michael Shannon
- James Franco, Caroline Aragon, Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy, Christina Voros
The Broken Tower. The bell-rope that gathers God at dawn. Dispatches me as though I dropped down the knell. Of a spent day - to wander the cathedral lawn. From pit to crucifix, feet chill on steps from hell. Have you not heard, have you not seen that corps. Of shadows in the tower, whose shoulders sway. Antiphonal carillons launched before.
Jun 20, 2011 · The Broken Tower: Directed by James Franco. With James Franco, Michael Shannon, Richard Abate, Betsy Franco. A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- James Franco
- 2011-06-20
The Broken Tower. " The Broken Tower " is the last poem meant to be published by poet Hart Crane in 1932. In keeping with the varieties and difficulties of Crane criticism, the poem has been interpreted widely—as death ode, life ode, process poem, visionary poem, poem on failed vision—but its biographical impetus out of Crane's first ...
Oct 27, 2023 · "The Broken Tower": Stanzas 1–5. The Broken Tower, much more than the sum of its parts, starts off with a simple image of a bell-rope and ends in a shower of love, both perhaps metaphors or symbols, the former connected to the divine music of poetry, the latter to a final release. First Stanza
The Broken Tower. From Focus World and director/star James Franco, the story of Hart Crane, a defining voice in 20th Century American poetry, who lived with as much passion as he did turmoil, from his early life to his journeys across the world. 68 IMDb 4.9 1 h 50 min 2012. 18+. Drama · Historical · Romance · Military and War.
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The Broken Tower. From Focus World and director/star James Franco, a film about visionary poet Hart Crane, who lived a life of beauty, passion, and tragedy. Hart Crane was one of the most important voices in American poetry - but lived a life with as much turmoil as passion. From his early life to his journeys from New York, Cuba, and Paris ...
