DVD
Burroughs : the movie
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Featuring: William S. Burroughs, Francis Bacon, Mortimer Burroughs, William S. Burroughs Jr., Lucien Carr, Jackie Curtis, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, James Grauerholz, Brion Gysin, Herbert Huncke, Lauren Hutton, Stewart Meyer, Patti Smith, Terry Southern.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (90 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Terry Southern, and Lucien Carr.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 1983.
Special features: New, high-definition digital restoration ; 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. Burrough'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.