January 28th, 2012 
admin Heart Beat [VHS]
For a man who affected two generations of the counterculture–the beatniks and the hippies that followed them–there’s been surprisingly little written by Neal Cassady, despite the fact that he served as muse to both Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey. In this fictionalized film, Nick Nolte plays Cassady, a man with huge appetites for all that life has to offer. He befriends the confused, questing Kerouac (John Heard), imparts wisdom, and helps Kerouac take on the world on his own terms–and write On the Road. But their friendship is tested by the relationship they share with the woman who would eventually become Cassady’s wife, Caroline (played by Sissy Spacek). For a film about two such freewheeling characters, there’s surprisingly little real life to this film, though Nolte attacks the role with vigor. Director John Byrum would go on to butcher The Razor’s Edge with Bill Murray a few years later. –Marshall Fine
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