'Kill Your Darlings,' a chronicle of the Beat writers, gets a new trailer
A new trailer for the film 鈥淜ill Your Darlings,鈥� in which a star-studded cast will portray some of the most fabled Beat writers of the 20th century, has been released.
鈥淒arlings鈥� stars 鈥�Harry Potter鈥� actor Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg; 鈥淢artha Marcy May Marlene鈥� actress Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker; 鈥淐ontraband鈥� actor Ben Foster as William Burroughs; 鈥淏oardwalk Empire鈥� actor Jack Huston as Jack Kerouac; and 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man 2鈥� actor Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr.
The film's plot follows the true story of the 1944 death of college professor and acquaintance of the group David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall). Carr, Kerouac, and Burroughs were arrested in connection with his alleged murder.
Carr, Ginsberg, Parker, Burroughs, and Kerouac became friends at Columbia University. The trailer shows the group misbehaving in the library and Ginsberg questioning literary conventions during a class.
As noted by , the trailer ends abruptly, 鈥渙r perhaps it's a meta reflection of the Beats' tendency to break established narrative rules or whatever,鈥� IndieWire reporter Kevin Jagernauth wrote.
鈥淒arlings鈥� will have a limited release Oct. 18. Check out the full video.
