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Burroughs is a 1983 documentary film directed by Howard Brookner about the Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs. [1] Synopsis. Burroughs is the first and only documentary to be made about and with the full participation of writer William S. Burroughs.
Now viewers can enjoy the invigorating candidness of Burroughs: The Movie, a one-of-a-kind nonfiction portrait that was brought to life with the help of a remarkable crew of friends, including Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo, and that features on-screen appearances by fellow artists of Burroughs’s including Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Patti ...
Apr 11, 1984 · Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life, including his travels from the American Midwest to North Africa and ...
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- Documentary, Biography
- Howard Brookner
- 1984-04-11
“Burroughs” is a documentary portrait of a man who was willing to try everything, and who has so far survived everything. The one thing you miss in the film is the sound of laughter.
Burroughs: The Movie. Criterion Collection Edition #789. Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner’s 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director’s nephew ...
A ton of interviews and clips of Burroughs being Burroughs, great little anecdotes of his friendships and some really raw footage of Burroughs in his element- aka fucked up and messing with guns.
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Burroughs: The Movie. Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and ...
