William S. Burroughs Movies
- 1991
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers6.81991HD
An hour-long interview with author William S. Burroughs in which he expounds on American culture, art and morals.
- 1981
Shamans of the Blind Country
Shamans of the Blind Country71981HD
A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.
- 1967
Poem Posters
Poem Posters01967HD
... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...
- 2015
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine02015HD
Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream...
- 1969
Cain's Film
Cain's Film01969HD
A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the...
- 2013
Coda I + Coda II
Coda I + Coda II02013HD
Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...
- 1983
This Song for Jack
This Song for Jack61983HD
In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...
- 2013
Coda II
Coda II02013HD
Gidal describes the film’s ‘so-called imagery’ as ‘a complex of barely visible cuts in space and time, the opposite of...
- 1998
Destroy All Rational Thought
Destroy All Rational Thought6.31998HD
The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri...
- 1991
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer6.41991HD
An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.
- 2009
Nova Express
Nova Express22009HD
An exhaustive examination of cut-ups, the control machine, and the algebra of need figure in this epic found-footage adaptation of Burroughs’s...
- 1963
William Buys a Parrot
William Buys a Parrot6.11963HD
A bizarre silent short film showing author William S. Burroughs negotiating to buy a parrot.
- 2015
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie02015HD
After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs...
- 2009
Ma bande magnétique arrière
Ma bande magnétique arrière02009HD
- 1984
The Final Academy Documents
The Final Academy Documents81984HD
Documentation of the showcase titled 'The Final Academy', filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies...
- 1982
Ghost at No. 9
Ghost at No. 981982HD
Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...
- 1994
Relics: Einstein's Brain
Relics: Einstein's Brain6.71994HD
Documentary about Kenji Sugimoto, professor in Math and Science history at Kinki university in Japan. He has spent the last 30 years publishing works...
- 2015
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed02015HD
Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick