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A man withinis the first and only posthumous documentary about this legendary figure. The film attempts to investigate borroughs using the themes that drove him as a starting point. Showing at the 54th bfi london film festival, yony leysers film is a riveting and emotional journey into the world of a man many considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night. Though some of the films most striking moments come from readings in which. William burroughs was one of the first to cross the dangerous boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s, and write about his experiences. A man within because burroughs used the term a man within twice in naked lunch, yony leyser, the films 26yearold director, explains, adding. A man within is a probing look at the man whose works at once. Patti smith, john waters, iggy pop, gus van sant, laurie anderson, peter weller, david cronenberg. Narrated by peter weller and featuring neverbeforeseen archival footage of burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, sonic youth and david cronenberg, yony leysers william s. Burroughs, featuring previously unreleased footage and interviews with his friends and colleagues.

Burroughs was a primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected. Featuring archival footage of burroughs, as well as interviews with confidants such as john waters, patti smith and iggy pop, the film, set to a soundtrack by patti smith and sonic youth, shows how burroughs spawned a. Burroughs with many currents of americas outlaw cultural tradition. William s burroughs, one third of the beat generations literary tripartite with allen ginsberg and jack kerouac, is the subject of a new featurelength documentary, screened this. Burroughs the man who launched a thousand aspiring artists, writers, musicians and drug addicts, all of whom were drawn to his attractivelikeacarcrash experimental prose.

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