“At the end of ‘Late Fame,’ Kent Jones’s second feature, there’s a guy sitting in the background quietly reading a book during a confrontation in a cafe. Jones actually dedicated the film to that man, Peter Gizzi.
“Gizzi was an inspiration on two levels: the movie is about a poet, Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe), and Jones calls Gizzi, who teaches at UMass Amherst, ‘one of the greatest poets in America.’ But their connection is deeply personal. Gizzi and Jones have been close friends for half a century, since growing up together in Pittsfield.” – Stuart Miller, The Boston Globe
LATE FAME premieres August 21–27 at The Brattle.