"Actor: William Burroughs"

• William Burroughs: A Man Within | DVD | (26/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential cultural icons, with testimonies from artists, musicians, writers and friends. William Burroughs is now regarded as a huge influence over late 20th century fiction and cultural life. This documentary features previously unseen footage of Burroughs in conversation, as well as footage of him at many of his infamous readings, where he brought to life his writing, in front of audiences the world over.

• William S. Burroughs - The Final Academy Documents | DVD | (05/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William S. Burrough's readings are legendary: this DVD contains a rare glimpse of the man himself appearing in public with some stunning readings from his work at the famous Hacienda club. His extensive literary legacy is constantly reprinted as each new generation study the man who influenced modern contemporary literature more than any other writer. 1. Films from 1962/63 a) Ghosts At Number 9 b) Towers Open Fire 2. Footage from Hacienda Manchester 1982 a) Selected Readings

• William Burroughs - Commissioner of Sewers | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £14.59   |  Saving you £4.39 (37.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Commissioner of Sewers combines interviews and archival material paintings and clips William S. Burroughs' film appearances with footage from Burroughs' last European reading in Berlin on the 9th of May 1986 to create a witty and intriguing portrait of the man described by Norman Mailer as the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.

• William S. Burroughs - Destroy All Rational Thought | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri taught Jack Kerouac, Timothy Leary, and Alien Ginsberg how to live outside the law.Tangier was - from the 1930s to the 1960s - the Interzone of Burroughs' fiction. Artists and musicians associated with the Beat Generation (The Rolling Stones, Jean Genet, Ornette Coleman) rubbed shoulders with outsiders like Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Hamri.The Here to Go Show (Dublin, 1992), documented in Destroy All Rational Thought, commemorated Burroughs and the Tangier Beat Scene.

• Thee Films | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When William Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met filmmaker Anthony Balch they knew they had the person to help them in translating the ideas they had explored in art forms to film.Balch began his moviemaking career with Burroughs on two shorts 'Towers Open Fire' and 'The Cut Ups'. Following the death of Anthony Balch in 1980 the films remain untouched until Psychic TV's Genesis P.Orridge salvaged and archived them. This unique collection comprises all the films made during that period. In addition to the finished works the video includes a 50 minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film and superimpositions material from the extensive archive of Psychic TV and to which Orridge added the soundtrack - making ""Thee Films"" a unique collection for all Burroughs fans.