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Burroughs [videorecording (DVD)] : the movie.

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Criterion Collection, 2015.

DVD 921 B972b Doc

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Beat generation -- Biography.

Criterion collection ; 789.

[videorecording (DVD)] :

2 videodiscs (90 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.

Accompanying folded insert comprises an essay by Luc Sante (Burroughs that proud American) and collage artwork by Alison Mosshart.

Special features: New audio commentary by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who was a sound recordist on the film; audio interview with director Howard Brookner (1985) (24 min.) ; new interview with Brookner's nephew, filmmaker Aaron Brookner, who oversaw the film's restoration (16 min.) ; rare outtakes ; footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film's restoration, featuring Q&A with Jim Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, filmmaker Tom DiCillo, and William S. Burrough's friend and fellow writer James Grauerholz (27 min.) ; experimental edit of the film by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III (1981) (23 min.) ; PLUS: an essay by critic Luc Sante and collage artworl by artist Alison Mosshart.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Pinball London ; director, Howard Brookner ; producers, Howard Brookner, Alan Yentob.

"Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs was for decades mainly the stuff of legend. That changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Now viewers can enjoy the invigorating candidness of Burroughs: The Movie, a one-of-a-kind nonfiction portrait that was brought to life with the help of a remarkable crew of friends, including Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo, and that features on-screen appearances by fellow artists of Burroughs's including Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Terry Southern, and Lucien Carr."--Container.

Documentary films.

Biographical documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Brookner, Howard.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.

Huncke, Herbert.

Southern, Terry.

Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005.

Pinball London (Firm)

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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