Burroughs: The Movie

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Director: Howard Brookner

Date of release: 08 Oct 1983

Description

Burroughs: The Movie is the first and only documentary to be made about and with the full participation of writer William S. Burroughs. Howard Brookner began shooting the film in 1978 as his senior thesis at NYU; with Burroughs’ cooperation it subsequently expanded into a feature completed 5 years later in 1983. The film was shot by Tom DiCillo and the sound was recorded by Jim Jarmusch; both NYU classmates. In a collaboration between Burroughs and director Howard Brookner the film explores Burroughs’ life story along with many of his contemporaries including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and Lauren Hutton. Burroughs: The Movie documents Burroughs’ long, controversial and productive life in great detail, film traveling from the American Midwest to North Africa, through defining moments of his wildly unconventional life, including several personal tragedies, charting the development of Burroughs’ unique literary style.

Extra

Runtime	86 minute
Producer	DPI pinball london
Language	English
Themes	biography drugs and addiction junkie literacy beat generation
Actors	William S. Burroughs Allen Ginsberg Lauren Hutton Jackie Curtis Patti Smith Francis Bacon John Giorno Brion Gysin James Grauerholz Mortimer Burroughs Lucien Carr Terry Southern