William S. Burroughs Movies
- 2007
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road02007HD
A portrait of the American Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) based on never-before-seen footage from his visit to Denmark in...
- 1982
Ghost at No. 9
Ghost at No. 981982HD
Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...
- 1983
This Song for Jack
This Song for Jack61983HD
In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...
- 2015
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie02015HD
After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs...
- 1963
William Buys a Parrot
William Buys a Parrot6.11963HD
A bizarre silent short film showing author William S. Burroughs negotiating to buy a parrot.
- 1963
Towers Open Fire
Towers Open Fire6.71963HD
Antony Balch tackles key themes and ideas from the writing of William S. Burroughs in a unique, cinematic style.
- 2015
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine02015HD
Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream...
- 2013
Coda I
Coda I02013HD
Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...
- 1981
Shamans of the Blind Country
Shamans of the Blind Country71981HD
A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.
- 1994
Relics: Einstein's Brain
Relics: Einstein's Brain6.71994HD
Documentary about Kenji Sugimoto, professor in Math and Science history at Kinki university in Japan. He has spent the last 30 years publishing works...
- 2003
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'02003HD
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA...
- 1991
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers6.81991HD
An hour-long interview with author William S. Burroughs in which he expounds on American culture, art and morals.
- 1998
Destroy All Rational Thought
Destroy All Rational Thought6.31998HD
The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri...
- 1972
Bill and Tony
Bill and Tony5.91972HD
Experimental film by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch
- 1991
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer6.41991HD
An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.
- 2015
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed02015HD
Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick
- 2013
Coda I + Coda II
Coda I + Coda II02013HD
Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...
- 2013
Coda II
Coda II02013HD
Gidal describes the film’s ‘so-called imagery’ as ‘a complex of barely visible cuts in space and time, the opposite of...