Burroughs : the movie / Janus Films ; directed by Howard Brookner ; producers, Howard Brookner, Alan Yentob ; for Nova Convention, producers, James Grauerholz, John Giorno, Joe LoGiudice ; CitiFilmWorks ; Pinball London, Ltd.

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 (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discover...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Criterion collection ; 789.
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films (Production company) CitiFilmWorks (Firm) (Production company) Pinball London (Firm) (Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Brookner, Howard (Film director, Film producer, director of photography.) Yentob, Alan (Film producer) Grauerholz, James (Film producer, on-screen participant.) Giorno, John (Film producer, on-screen participant.) LoGiudice, Joe (Film producer) Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 (on-screen participant.) Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 (on-screen participant.) Burroughs, William S., 1947-1981 (on-screen participant.) Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005 (on-screen participant.) Curtis, Jackie, 1947-1985 (on-screen participant.) Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (on-screen participant.) Huncke, Herbert (on-screen participant.) Hutton, Lauren (on-screen participant.) Meyer, Stewart (on-screen participant.) Smith, Patti (on-screen participant.) Southern, Terry (on-screen participant.) Vickrey, Scott (Editor of moving image work) DiCillo, Tom (director of photography.) Southon, Mike (director of photography.) Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- (Commentator) Morgan, Ted, 1932- (interviewer (expression)) Fulton, Robert Edison, 1909-2004 (Filmmaker) Sante, Lucy (Writer of supplementary textual content) Mosshart, Alison, 1978- (Artist)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Published:	[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:	Two-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 789.
Subjects:	Burroughs, William S., > 1914-1997. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Authors, American. 1900 - 1999 Biographical films. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films > United States.
Genre:	Biography. Biographical films. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Format:	Video DVD

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