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  1. Commissioner of Sewers: William S Burroughs (1991 Video)

    Director
    Klaus Maeck
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A drama-documentary using interview and archival material, paintings and clips of William S Burroughs’ film appearances (including DECODER and Gus van Sant’s DRUGSTORE COWBOY and THANKSGIVING PRAYER)...

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  2. Writers and poets in their own words: American audio archives on the Gateway

    Date
    26 Jul 2017, 09:40
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    Learning on Screen’s Gateway includes over 2,000 websites relating to moving image and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please...

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  3. William S. Burroughs: The Final Academy Documents (2002)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 min), £15.99

    A collection of underground films featuring William S. Burroughs.

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  4. William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Audio (CD, 66 minutes), £10.00

    This collection of recordings features the American writer William S Burroughs and the British-born artist Brion Gysin: the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the ‘cut-up’ literary technique....

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  5. Burroughs: The Movie (1983)

    Director
    Howard Brookner
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 90 minutes), £14.33

    Feature-length documentary about the American writer William S. Burroughs. A collaborative piece between Burroughs and film-maker Howard Brookner, the documentary looks at the writer’s controversial...

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  6. Thee Films 1950s-1960s: W S Burroughs, Ian Somerville, Brion Gysin (1962 Video)

    Director
    Antony Balch
    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A collection of short films made by Antony Balch in collaboration with William S Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Ian Somerville, with footage from Paris, Tangier and New York. Titles are WILLIAM BUYS A PARROT,...

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  7. Destroy All Rational Thought (2007)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

    An edited recording of a 1992 mini-festival in Dublin called ‘The Here to Go Show’, celebrating the work of William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin. The show was documented in guerilla fashion by the...

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  8. Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (2007)

    Director
    Benjamin Christensen; William Burroughs
    Subject
    Film studies; History; Psychology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £19.99

    A darkly humorous, genre-defying silent ‘documentary’, in which witchcraft through the ages is presented in a series of dramatic vignettes that explore the contention that witches of the middle ages...

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  9. Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, The (1993 Video)

    Director
    Jerry Aronson
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 83 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A biographical study of Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg, containing interviews and film footage.

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  10. Poetry in Motion (1982)

    Director
    Ron Mann
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), £17.86 (Amazon)

    An unprecedented anthology of twenty-four leading North American poets who sing, chant, anything but "read" their work. The result is a celebration of poetry’s ancient oral tradition and an energetic...

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