Burroughs: the Movie
Burroughs The Movie is a 1983 documentary film directed by Howard Brookner about the beat generation writer William S. Burroughs.
Brookner managed to obtainyears of unparalleled access and enthusiastic participation from William S Burroughs. As a result, Burroughs The Movie documents Burroughs long, controversial and productive life in great detail. The film travels from the American Midwest to North Africa, through defining moments of his wildly unconventional life, including several personal tragedies, ultimately charting the development of Burroughs unique literary style.Howard Brookner began shooting the film in 1978 as his senior thesis at NYU with Burroughs cooperation it subsequently expanded into a feature completedyears later in 1983. The film was shot by Tom DiCillo and Richard L. Camp. The sound was recorded by Jim Jarmusch. DiCillo and Jarmusch were fellow NYU classmates and both very close friends of Brookners. ........
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