Cast: William S. Burroughs

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Peter Kubelka · James Broughton · William S. Burroughs · Robert Frank

Synopsis "A motion picture composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped during the editing. Brief glimpses of family, friends, girl-friends, the City, seasons of the year, travels. Occasionally I...

Direction Gus Van Sant

Cast Matt Dillon · Kelly Lynch · James Legros · Heather Graham

Synopsis Bob (Matt Dillon) is an energetic junkie who leads his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another couple on a reckless spree of drugstore robberies, for drugs. When he has a brush with death, Bob realizes he must leave both his addiction...

Direction Yony Leyser

Cast William S. Burroughs · David Cronenberg · Genesis P-Orridge · Iggy Pop

Synopsis William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He...

Direction Howard Brookner

Cast William S. Burroughs · Lauren Hutton · Patti Smith · Allen Ginsberg

Synopsis Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life,...

Direction Chris Rodley

Cast William S. Burroughs · David Cronenberg · Judy Davis · Jeremy Thomas

Synopsis The making of "Naked Lunch."

Direction Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Cast Robert Wilson · William S. Burroughs · Susan Sontag · Tom Waits

Synopsis ABSOLUTE WILSON chronicles the epic life, times and creative genius of Robert Wilson, intimately revealing for the first time one of the most controversial, rule-breaking and downright mysterious artists of our era. More than a biography, the film becomes an...

Direction Stan Brakhage

Cast Jane Brakhage · Tom Bartek · Gloria Bartek · William S. Burroughs

Direction Conrad Rooks

Cast Jean-Louis Barrault · Conrad Rooks · William S. Burroughs

Synopsis Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.

Direction Anne Cutaia · Sophie Peyrard

Cast Stanley Bard · William S. Burroughs · John Cale · Alika Del Sol

Synopsis At the age of 20, Patti Smith arrives in New York and upsets the codes of rock, poetry, and genre. She has become a living legend without ever leaving the sidelines. A poet, actress, and musician. Also militant. An artist...

Direction Muscha

Cast FM Einheit · Bill Rice · Christiane Felscherinow · Britzhold Baron De Belle

Synopsis Hamburg, 1983. F.M. is a youngster leading an idle urban life, totally alienated from his environment, and only active when making “sound experiments” in his home studio. Christiana, his girlfriend, works in a peepshow on Reeperbahn. A chronically depressed customer...

Direction Gus Van Sant

Cast William S. Burroughs

Direction Robin Spry

Cast John Robbe · Elaine Malus · Gary Rader · Christopher Cordeaux

Synopsis Presents the rival philosophies of young people, militant protest or communal retreat, set against the political upheaval of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Direction Antony Balch

Cast William S. Burroughs · Brion Gysin

Direction Oliver Hockenhull

Cast William S. Burroughs · Wade Davis · Rick Doblin · Lesley Ewan

Synopsis A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge. The film explores these socially taboo substances as adjuncts to psychotherapy, as crucial but neglected medicines, and as technologies...

Direction Kevin Hull

Cast William S. Burroughs · Kenji Sugimoto

Synopsis A Japanese Professor goes to the USA to uncover the mystery surrounding Einstein's Brain after his death.

Direction Benjamin Meade

Cast William S. Burroughs · Stan Brakhage · Ray Harryhausen · Guy Maddin

Synopsis This is a compilation of experimental, documentary, and shorts films by award winning filmmaker Benjamin Meade. Most this is never before seen footage and ranges from political, educational, to absurd. An extremely well done selections of work from one the...

Direction Derek Jarman

Cast William S. Burroughs · Peter Christopherson · FM Einheit

Direction Philip Hunt

Cast William S. Burroughs

Synopsis A disturbingly organic-looking figure speaks to us of life, politics and death as the symbol of the common man toils away.

Direction Antony Balch · William S. Burroughs

Cast Antony Balch · William S. Burroughs · David Jacobs

Direction Jacob Burckhardt

Cast William S. Burroughs · Reed Bye · Vincent D'Onofrio · Allen Ginsberg