Burroughs: The Movie (1983)

Cast

Lauren Hutton
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Genres & Description

Action Biography Documentary

7.2 / 10

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 several personal tragedies. Burroughs: The Movie is the first and only feature length documentary to be made with and about Burroughs. The film was directed by the late Howard Brookner. It was begun in 1978 as Brookner's senior thesis at NYU film school and then expanded into a feature which was completed 5 years later in 1983. Sound was recorded by Jim Jarmusch and the film was shot by Tom DiCillo, fellow NYU classmates and both very close friends of Brookner's.

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1060michaelg

This film has been seen by a vast audience, first as an ARENA BBC documentary. Then, the film was widely available for years on YouTube for free. Now and then the Brookner estate tries to spin gold but it is far too late...the film is taken down and then appears again and so the cycle continues. It is rather like trying, in the late 1960's, to charge someone during the Christmas season to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" on TV, which by then had fallen into public domain. I think what YouTube should do is SHOW this great documentary with adverts that cannot be SKIPPED. What say you all? - @Monday, September 25, 2017 3:11 AM

Uzma Khan

Hiii - @Sunday, December 4, 2016 10:24 AM