Burroughs the movie
(DVD Video)

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Contributors
Brookner, Howard, producer,
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, on-screen participant.
Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection Inc, [2015]., Criterion Collection
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Status
Prescott Public Library - PAV - DVD/Blu-ray Collection
813.5409 BUR
1 available

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Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection Inc, [2015]., Criterion Collection
Format
DVD Video
Language
English
UPC
00715515161619, 715515161619

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
General Note
Mono, full screen 1.33:1.
General Note
Essay by critic Luc Sante and collage artwork by artist Alison Mosshart in container.
General Note
Features: new audio commentary by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who was a sound recordist on the film; audio interview with director Howard Brookner from 1985, conducted by William S. Burroughs biographer Ted Morgan; new interview with Brookner's nephew, filmmaker Aaron Brookner, who oversaw the film's restoration; rare outtakes; footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film's restoration, featuring a Q&A with Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, filmmaker Tom DiCillo, and Burroughs's friend and fellowwriter James Grauerholz; thirty-minute experimental edit of the film from 1981 by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III.
Description
Portrait of author William S. Burroughs filmed over five years as Brookner's senior thesis at NYU film school.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, W. S., Brookner, H., & Burroughs, W. S. (2015). Burroughs: the movie . Criterion Collection Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, William S, Howard, Brookner and William S. Burroughs. 2015. Burroughs: The Movie. Criterion Collection Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, William S, Howard, Brookner and William S. Burroughs. Burroughs: The Movie Criterion Collection Inc, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, William S., Howard Brookner, and William S. Burroughs. Burroughs: The Movie Criterion Collection Inc, 2015.

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