William S. Burroughs, one of the three seminal writers of the Beat Generation (the other two being his friends Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg), was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 5, 1914, to the son of the founder of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. A homosexual in an extremely homophobic age, back in the U.S. he drifted from job to job while continuing his education as an autodidact. He lived in Chicago, where he was an exterminator, which he claimed was the best job he ever had.> By the late 1970s Burroughs had lived long enough to be hailed by critics and the public as a major American writer. He was embraced by punk rockers in New York and became an iconic figure by the 1980s. He died in 1997 at the age of 83. More here [new window].
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Naked Lunch After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa. Based partly on William Burroughs book Naked Lunch with ideas from other novel of his (Queer / The Exterminator). DVD Bonus :
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1991 | 115 | ![]() Films |
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Arena - A Tribute To
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Arena - A Tribute To William S.Burroughs
You discover very little about Burroughs, from Burroughs. He seems to prefer droning monologues to clear speech. But luckily, Burroughs’ friends and family do a lot of the explaining. They provide the necessary context and commentary that is missing from Burroughs’ dry facts, robotic speeches, and comedy routines. In the end, the documentary gives us many different views of Burroughs as an author, all of which help us understand his weird life and weird books. |
1997 | 90 | ![]() G |
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Burroughs (Documentary)
The copy I have of this excellent documentary is a computer download and if ordered will be supplied on CD as an AVI file (playable with most media players). The reason is that if copied to DVD and shown on a large TV it looks blocky, but on a PC screen it's OK. |
1983 | 90 | ![]() G |
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Various : William S.Burroughs
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