• Genre: Visual Arts
• Director: William Tyler Smith
• Main Cast: Peter Coyote
• Release Year: 1999
• Country: US
• Run Time: 58 minutes

Plot

Directed by William Tyler Smith, The Third Mind is a video montage of images, poetry, and music that chronicles the artistic joint venture of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and Beat poet/playwright Michael McClure. The "third mind" (as described by Beat guru William Burroughs) that evolves from the collaboration of these two icons from the '60s is seen from conception to performance in this 58-minute film, which not only explores the history behind the partnership of Manzarek and McClure, but also what is behind the creative process. The film features comments from Jim Carroll, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and others. ~ Kristin Alynn Hussein, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Peter Coyote - Narrator

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Michael McClure - Spoken Word
Jim Morrison
Edward Sanders
Anne Waldman
Ray Manzarek - Piano
Lee Ranaldo
Jim Carroll
Diane di Prima

Credit

Rick Schmidlin - Producer; William Tyler Smith - Director; William Tyler Smith - Camera Operator; William Tyler Smith - Cinematographer; William Tyler Smith - Screenwriter; Larry Law - Editor