The curious life of controversial avant-garde author and Beat poet William S. Burroughs serves as the subject of this...
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2010
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The Chelsea Hotel has long been considered the creative epicenter of New York City, a sort of unofficial gathering point for...
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2009
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Inspired by recently discovered footage of Beat generation icon William S. Burroughs and Danish writer Dan Turèll,...
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2007
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In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl."...
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2004
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This is a documentary chronicling the life of Charles Henri Ford (now in his nineties and still as alert as ever), a pivotal...
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Interviewee
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2001
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2000
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Expatriate American writer Paul Bowles came to the limelight with an adaptation to screen by Bernardo Bertolucci of his first...
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1999
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1999
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This Canadian documentary profiles the work of German music-theater icon Kurt Weill, who created such enduring shows as...
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1995
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Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until...
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1994
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Jack Kerouac penned such books as On the Road and The Dharma Bums, which captured the essence of the bohemian life that he...
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1994
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1993
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David Blair's Wax: Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film to have been edited on...
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James (Hive) Maker
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1992
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This cinematic/literary hybrid fuses motifs from Beat writer William S. Burroughs's novel of the same name with elements of...
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Book Author
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1991
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Produced for theatrical released by PBS' American Playhouse, Bloodhounds of Broadway is not exactly a remake of the 1952 film...
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1989
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The operative word in Drugstore Cowboy is "drug". Matt Dillon plays the leader of a group of dopeheads who wander around the...
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1989
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Those of us who had to suffer such "instructional" films as Dating Do's and Don'ts in high school will be especially...
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1989
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Don't mistake this movie for the stormy special-effects blockbuster of the same name; the two films are light years apart....
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1989
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This documentary by filmmaker Maria Beatty explores the lives, careers, and creative inspirations of the beat poets, forging...
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1989
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In the U.S., in the 1950s, contemporary jazz was becoming more and more esoteric, and a small group of writers, poets and...
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1987
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This biographical documentary tackles the legend of Jack Kerouac, one of the foremost writers of the Beat Generation. Kerouac...
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1986
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Famed performance artist Laurie Anderson both directed and starred in the 90-minute concert film Home of the Brave. While the...
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1986
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This film looks at the life and works of counter culture literary icon William S. Burroughs. Burroughs became a hero to the...
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1986
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The comedy and thrills are a little anemic in this movie based on a real-life experience of director Jacob Burckhardt. Warren...
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Mafia Don
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1985
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German sci-fi film about a futuristic society influenced by "muzak." Featuring William S. Burroughs and music by Dave Ball,...
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1984
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1984
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This speculative sci-fi drama is set in a post WW III world. The story centers on a militant band of women who brainwash and...
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Short Story Author
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1983
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1983
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After World War II there was a group of young men -- writers primarily -- who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the...
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1982
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Director Ron Mann has put together readings by 24 different poets (after filming a total of 60 writers reciting their works),...
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1982
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This delightful performance video features works by conductor/composer Philip Glass, musician David Byrne, and filmmaker...
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1980
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Short Story Author
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1977
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1977
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In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York...
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1976
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1972
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Produced on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada, Prologue is a story of the youth-rebellion movement of 1968. The...
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1969
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The bizarre hallucinations of a heroin addict in withdrawal provide the basis for this unstructured, autobiographical film by...
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Opium Jones
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1966
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Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen's obsession with bizarre lighting effects reached its apotheosis with his 1922...
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1922
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