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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

Documentary | 87 minutes
3,17 21 votes

Genre: Documentary / Biography

Duration: 87 minuten

Alternative title: De Beat van Burroughs

Country: United States

Directed by: Yony Leyser

Stars: John Waters, Patti Smith and David Cronenberg

IMDb score: 7,1 (1.296)

Releasedate: 5 November 2010

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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within plot

The American writer William S. Burroughs, along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, is the most important founder of the Beat Generation. In the late 1950s, he became famous for his subversive novel "Naked Lunch" and for everything that others would rather hide at the time: he is gay, addicted to hard drugs and kills his wife in a bizarre shooting game. In this documentary, his friends portray a troubled and obsessive man who seems to project his own love even better on guns and his six cats than on his lovers and only son. Far-reaching drug experiments are an important theme in his work and life. They are romanticized by his admirers, but he continues to refer to them as “junk”. In 1997 he dies of a heart attack and in his last note he seems to have admitted love.

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Peter Weller Peter Weller

Self - Narrator

William S. Burroughs William S. Burroughs

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David Cronenberg David Cronenberg

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Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant

Self

Iggy Pop Iggy Pop

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Jello Biafra Jello Biafra

Self

John Waters John Waters

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Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson

Self

Patti Smith Patti Smith

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Genesis P-Orridge Genesis P-Orridge

Self

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