Rent Burroughs: The Movie (1983)
3.6 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
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 filmmakers 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. - Actors:
- Francis Bacon, Mortimer Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Lucien Carr, Jackie Curtis, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, James Grauerholz, Brion Gysin, Lauren Hutton, Patti Smith, Terry Southern
- Directors:
- Howard Brookner
- Producers:
- Howard Brookner
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/07/2016
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch who was a sound recordist on the film
- Audio Interview with director Howard Brookner from 1985
- New interview with Brookner's nephew, filmmaker Aaron Brookner, who oversaw the film's restoration
- Rare Outtakes
- Footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film's restoration, featuring a Q&A with Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, filmmaker Tom DiCillo, and William S. Burroughs's friend and fellow writer James Grauerholz
- Twenty-three-minute experimental edit of the film from 1981 by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III
- An essay by critic Luc Sante and collage artwork by artist Alison Mosshart
