Algren, Prophet of the Neon Wilderness, is a feature length documentary, which explores the life, loves and legacy of Nelson Algren, the first National Book Award author of The Man With a Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. By combining interviews of living artists, filmmakers, writers, and musicians, with original Algren audio, while melding both with the lauded Chicago photography of Art Shay, the real Algren comes into focus. The totality of the film creates both a celebration and vivid reinterpretation of the work of a writer whose full breath and influence is still, to this day, widely unheralded in 21st century America.
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