Kill Your Darlings

I went to see Kill Your Darlings on Sunday 8th December - the opening weekend.
It was showing in Screen 3 in the Southbury Cineworld, in a 234 seat screen.

Before the film, these adverts were shown:

• McDonalds coffee
• 3 phone service
• Barclays
• Drambuie
• Audi
• Tesco's
• BOSE Earphones
• Wonga
• Coca Cola
• HTC
• Morrison's
• Sony Xperia Z1
• Cider
• Waitrose
• Johnnie Walker
• EE phone service

Then these film trailers were shown:

• The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
• Mandela; Long Walk To Freedom
• 12 Years A Slave
• August Osage Country
• The Wolf Of Wall Street

These adverts are mainly aimed at middle-aged, educated adults. This was proven by the other people in the screen; mostly middle-aged couples. However, there wasn't that many people watching the film; there was about 15 other people.

The film itself was visually stunning; the camerawork was perfect, and the editing and colouring completely portrayed the 1940s. It was intense, with some troubling scenes, but I found these to be tastefully handled. I learnt a lot about the poets of the Beat generation, and left me contemplating their theories and work. I found I didn't sympethise as such with the characters, but I felt glad for Ginsberg when he freed himself of Carr's grip, and sorrow for Ginsberg when his mother was taken away. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the film, and would watch it again, but only if I was fully focused on it, as this film requires concentration and engagement.