Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) — AI Story Visualization

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Plot Analysis Summary

A man abandons his corporate career for artistic idealism, only to surrender to societal and biological realities.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Bohemian Rebellion

The Cost of Idealism

The Bohemian Interlude

The Return to Respectability

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Directed by

Robert Bierman

Key Cast

Rating: 6.1/10 (19 votes)