William S. Burroughs Movies

  • 2010
    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

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    A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
  • 1992
    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

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    A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

    Naked Making Lunch
  • 2022
    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

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    We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears...

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
  • 1989
    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

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    Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie...

    Heavy Petting
  • 1989
    Twister

    Twister

    Twister

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    An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He...

    Twister
  • 1982
    The Discipline of D.E.

    The Discipline of D.E.

    The Discipline of D.E.

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    "The Discipline of D.E." is a short 16mm film directed by Gus Van Sant. It’s based on a story in “Exterminator!” by William...

    The Discipline of D.E.
  • 2012
    For No Good Reason

    For No Good Reason

    For No Good Reason

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    For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly...

    For No Good Reason
  • 1981
    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

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    This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy...

    Chelsea Hotel
  • 1978
    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

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    This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols) of suspension-of-self within consciousness and...

    Thot-Fal'N
  • 1968
    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

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    A seventy-six-minute version of Häxan, re-edited and re-released in the United States by Metro Pictures Corporation in 1968. It is narrated by...

    Witchcraft Through the Ages
  • 1984
    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

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    Documentation of the showcase titled 'The Final Academy', filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies...

    The Final Academy Documents
  • 1982
    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

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    Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...

    Ghost at No. 9
  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago
  • 1976
    Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants

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    In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts...

    Underground and Emigrants
  • 2008
    The Japanese Sandman

    The Japanese Sandman

    The Japanese Sandman

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    At once wryly comedic travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN is a visual interpretation of a letter William Burroughs'...

    The Japanese Sandman
  • 1981
    Energy and How to Get It

    Energy and How to Get It

    Energy and How to Get It

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    Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about...

    Energy and How to Get It
  • 1963
    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

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    Antony Balch tackles key themes and ideas from the writing of William S. Burroughs in a unique, cinematic style.

    Towers Open Fire
  • 1982
    Taking Tiger Mountain

    Taking Tiger Mountain

    Taking Tiger Mountain

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    Militant feminist scientists brainwash research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution. Meanwhile World War III is being fought...

    Taking Tiger Mountain
  • 1999
    The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

    The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

    The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

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    Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream...

    The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
  • 1991
    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

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    An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.

    Thanksgiving Prayer