The Beat goes on

August 18 2012 - 3:00am
Paradise lost ... Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's fictionalised alter ego, Sal, in Walter Salles' adaptation.
Paradise lost ... Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's fictionalised alter ego, Sal, in Walter Salles' adaptation.
Eye-opener ... Kristen Stewart, already a fan of <em>On the Road</em> did extensive research for her role as Marylou.
Eye-opener ... Kristen Stewart, already a fan of <em>On the Road</em> did extensive research for her role as Marylou.

"The only ones for me are the mad ones,'' runs Jack Kerouac's most famous sentence. ''The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars …''

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