Poem Movies

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.

A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gendhis was cleaning her house while accompanied by guests who came every day, but she was still waiting. She found many items given by the guests,...

Twelve shots, four sequences. Each of them will try to evoke a feeling, a sensation, an idea, a landscape… just like the iconic and...

A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

A haiku about a window and a woman.

Three weeks to make three films. Filmed in my last semester before College. "Time", "One Night", "8x8".

Based on the poem by Keaton St. James, the film follows two young teenage boys and the people they interact with on the day of the end of the world.

A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.

From his book, Les Fleurs du Mal, an adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s famous poem, Une Charogne.

The story of a young Saudi poet who receives the prestigious title The Prince of Poets (Amir Al-Shu’ara), and is later nominated to...

You are alive like they are.

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...