William S. Burroughs Movies

  • 2007
    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

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    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...

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
  • 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
  • 1983
    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

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    In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...

    This Song for Jack
  • 2015
    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

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    After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs...

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
  • 1963
    William Buys a Parrot

    William Buys a Parrot

    William Buys a Parrot

    6.11963HD

    A bizarre silent short film showing author William S. Burroughs negotiating to buy a parrot.

    William Buys a Parrot
  • 1963
    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

    6.71963HD

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

    Towers Open Fire
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

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    Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream...

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
  • 2013
    Coda I

    Coda I

    Coda I

    02013HD

    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,...

    Coda I
  • 1981
    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

    71981HD

    A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.

    Shamans of the Blind Country
  • 1994
    Relics: Einstein's Brain

    Relics: Einstein's Brain

    Relics: Einstein's Brain

    6.71994HD

    Documentary about Kenji Sugimoto, professor in Math and Science history at Kinki university in Japan. He has spent the last 30 years publishing works...

    Relics: Einstein's Brain
  • 2003
    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

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    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...

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
  • 1991
    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

    6.81991HD

    An hour-long interview with author William S. Burroughs in which he expounds on American culture, art and morals.

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
  • 1998
    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    6.31998HD

    The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri...

    Destroy All Rational Thought
  • 1972
    Bill and Tony

    Bill and Tony

    Bill and Tony

    5.91972HD

    Experimental film by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch

    Bill and Tony
  • 1991
    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

    6.41991HD

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

    Thanksgiving Prayer
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

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    Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
  • 2013
    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

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    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,...

    Coda I + Coda II
  • 2013
    Coda II

    Coda II

    Coda II

    02013HD

    Gidal describes the film’s ‘so-called imagery’ as ‘a complex of barely visible cuts in space and time, the opposite of...

    Coda II