Burroughs: The Movie
- Synopsis
- 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 lifestyle and his most famous work ‘Naked Lunch’ featuring Burroughs’ alter ego William Lee.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 1983
- Notes
- The Criterion Blu-Ray edition features the following:
New, high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New interviews with filmmakers Jim Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, and Tom DiCillo, as well as William S. Burroughs’s friends and fellow writers James Grauerholz and Stew Meyer
Rare outtakes
Footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film’s restoration
Thirty-minute experimental edit of the film from 1981 by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton Jr
An essay by critic Luc Sante and a collage poster by artist Alison Mosshart - Subjects
- Literature
- Keywords
- Burroughs, William S
Credits
- Director
- Howard Brookner
- Contributor
- William S Burroughs
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- BR Region B, Blu-Ray DVD
- Price
- £14.33
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 90 minutes
- Year
- 2017
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Web
- http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.amazon.co.uk External site opens in new window
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