William S. Burroughs Movies

  • 1992
    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

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    A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

    Naked Making Lunch
  • 2000
    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

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    John McNaughton's spotlight on George Condo and his art. The film, which follows the progress of Condo's large-scale oil painting Big Red over the...

    Condo Painting
  • 1968
    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

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    A seventy-six-minute version of Häxan, re-edited and re-released in the United States by Metro Pictures Corporation in 1968. It is narrated by...

    Witchcraft Through the Ages
  • 1978
    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

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    This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols) of suspension-of-self within consciousness and...

    Thot-Fal'N
  • 2011
    Fix: The Ministry Movie

    Fix: The Ministry Movie

    Fix: The Ministry Movie

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    Provides an insider's view of the groundbreaking, outrageous, creative juggernaut that was the band Ministry - during their world tour - as front man...

    Fix: The Ministry Movie
  • 1985
    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

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    An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
  • 1981
    Energy and How to Get It

    Energy and How to Get It

    Energy and How to Get It

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    Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about...

    Energy and How to Get It
  • 1986
    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

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    Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

    Ornette: Made in America
  • 1983
    Pirate Tape

    Pirate Tape

    Pirate Tape

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    Derek Jarman's film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend the...

    Pirate Tape
  • 1979
    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

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    After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
  • 1981
    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

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    This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy...

    Chelsea Hotel
  • 2009
    Nova Express

    Nova Express

    Nova Express

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    An exhaustive examination of cut-ups, the control machine, and the algebra of need figure in this epic found-footage adaptation of Burroughs’s...

    Nova Express
  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago
  • 1976
    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

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    A road movie whose journey intersects with and extends the events of the International Counter-Culture Meeting that took place in 1975 in Montreal....

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

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    Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
  • 1991
    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

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    An hour-long interview with author William S. Burroughs in which he expounds on American culture, art and morals.

    William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
  • 1969
    Cain's Film

    Cain's Film

    Cain's Film

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    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...

    Cain's Film
  • 1984
    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

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    Documentation of the showcase titled 'The Final Academy', filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies...

    The Final Academy Documents
  • 1981
    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

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    A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.

    Shamans of the Blind Country
  • 1963
    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

    Towers Open Fire

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    Antony Balch tackles key themes and ideas from the writing of William S. Burroughs in a unique, cinematic style.

    Towers Open Fire