Instead of the crusty old queer, or the unrepentant junkie, or black sheep of a wealthy family, this picture presents a better sense of the author within. Enter city, state or zip code go fandango fanalert. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life. An original burroughs adding machine, invented by william s grandfather. A man within explores the brilliant and troubled world of one of our greatest authors. Rent james grauerholz movies and tv shows on dvd and blu.
February 5, 1914 august 2, 1997 was an american writer and visual artist. The film was named as one of 2010s top 10 movies by sight and sound magazine. Naked lunch sometimes the naked lunch is a 1959 novel by american writer william s. Louis, missouri, on february 5, 1914, to the son of the founder of the burroughs adding machine co. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. A man within was great and included a wonderful chosen cast of burroughs friends, lovers, and admirers of his work, but it lacks the same intimacy and depth that brookner was able to capture with his documentary. Albums include the black rider, the priest they called him, and songs in the key of x. Burroughs a man within explores the controversial writer and junkie, who infamously shot and killed his own wife and wrote about his debauched lifestyle as a narcotics fiend, travelling the globe inhabiting and haunting cities like a phantom. These funny, filthy, and terrifically smart letters reveal him in a way that no biographer can. The film centres on the killing of joan vollmer burroughs, on 6 september 1951, by her husband, william s. Featuring neverbeforeseen archival footage of burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, genesis breyer porridge, sonic youth, laurie anderson, amiri baraka, jello biafra, and david cronenberg, william s.
It also portrays lucien carr s plea of guilty to the firstdegree manslaughter, on august 1944, of david kammerer, played by kyle secor, for which he served two years of a onetotwentyyear sentence in the elmira. A man within is a character who could write in outlandish graphic detail about thenforbidden and, at times, sciencefictional sexuality in his novels of the. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. With fred aldrich, laurie anderson, amiri baraka, jello biafra. Portions of content provided by tivo corporation 2020 tivo corporation what s new. February 5, 2014 the beat generation icon was a magnet for artists, musicians and wannabe hipsters. Seven souls is a 1989 album by new york based music group material. Friends, colleagues, collaborators, lovers, and neighbors all are represented in this gentle biopic of william s.
The dvd features many extras, outtakes, and other rare footageall indispensable for any fan of american letters in the 20th century. A man within proves that peter weller has starred in other movies except for robocop, namely naked lunch which is based on the works and life of william. The film attempts to investigate borroughs using the themes that drove him as a starting point. A man within movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Burroughs, 5 a viz chwevrer 1914, saint louis 2 a viz eost 1997, lawrence a zo ur skrivagner amerikan. It is not to be confused with the exterminator, another collection of stories burroughs published in 1960 in collaboration with brion gysin the collection contains a number of burroughs most popular short pieces, such as twilight s last gleamings. A man within may lack some cohesion between all the different segments that make up the life of william burroughs, but in the end perhaps his life is one best told in snapshots.
Addressing queer and drug culture in the 1950s, his novel naked lunch became one of the most recognised and respected of contemporary literary works, and has influenced generations of artists. Instead of the crusty old queer, or the unrepentant junkie, or black sheep of a wealthy family, this picture presents a better sense of the author within the milieu of his times and circles. A man within andris i like burroughs work and he certainly was an interesting character but i thought this documentary was kind of boring especially because most of the interviewees were just bad. His thoughts were clouded yet always concise and his work as a writer, traveler and consumer of controlled substances revealed profound ideas on human sexuality, humanity, u. A man within is a probing, yet loving look at the man whose works at once savaged. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
William burroughs was one of the first to cross the dangerous boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s, and write about his experiences. The dvd features many extras, outtakes, and other rare footageall indispensable for any fan. James grauerholz, williams longtime friend, shorttime lover, adopted son and caregiveran allaround loving guyalso influenced williams move to kansas. A man within touches only briefly on naked lunch and its impact, and most of his 17 other novels arent even mentioned in the film. Narrated by peter weller and featuring neverbeforeseen archival footage of burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, sonic youth and david cronenberg, yony leysers william s. Nov 17, 2010 a man within is a kind of genealogy of hip that connects burroughs, who was born in st. After being kicked out of film school, he moved to lawrence, kansas, and began his passionate first feature film, 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. Yony leyser is a twentyfiveyearold filmmaker living in chicago, illinois, usa. Oso, handed me the following manuscript, an interview with william s. A man within is a probing look at the man whose works at once. During an shared interview, allen ginsberg asks whether burroughs ever felt attracted to him. A ticket to a screening at a film festival in your area 5.
Burroughs reach an audience by supporting it through the 2010 slamdance film festival. Oct, 2010 featuring neverbeforeseen archival footage of burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, genesis breyer. Burroughs was a primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Durham etheses apocalypticisim in the fiction of william s.
A man within movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Nov 05, 2010 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing william s. A man within investigates the life of the legendary beat author and american icon. A man within full movie in hd visit a riveting and emotional journey into the world of wr. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and. New documentary offers haunting portrait of beat writer william s. A man within won the van gogh award for best biography, amsterdam international film festival, the netherlands, along with the gold kahuna award, honolulu international film festival, hawaii. Burroughs was one of the first writers to break the boundaries of 20th century literature. Interzone is a collection of short stories and other early works by william s. A prominent member of the beat generation, william s. Burroughs was never prosecuted for the incident, though a man within shows how it affected and influenced.
Burroughs, featuring previously unreleased footage and interviews with his friends and colleagues the film uses archival footage and interviews with john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, genesis breyer porridge, sonic youth, laurie anderson, amiri baraka. Burroughs, the album features his narration of passages from his novel the western lands 1987 set to musical accompaniment the album was rereleased in 1997 with bonus tracks, three remixes that were added to the beginning of the album. Since 1998, dvd netflix has been the premier dvdbymail rental service. William seward burroughs, anvet dindan e anv pluenn william s. Make your movie list and get blurays and dvds conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. The story was first published in 1991 in a special limited edition by the library fellows of the whitney museum of american art. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Louis in 1914, the wealthy harvardeducated grandson of the founder of the burroughs adding machine. A man within 2010, the junky s christmas 1993 and words of advice. The collection was first published by viking penguin in 1989, although several of the stories had already been printed elsewhere, including an earlier publication titled early routines. The title was inspired by the international zone in tangiers, morocco, where burroughs lived for a time. A paranoid is someone who knows a little of whats going on. Burroughs was one of the first writers to break the boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s.
Brudet eo dreistholl evit e romantou da bennsaoutin, enno mesket implij an drammou, an darempredou henvelreizh hag an diarbennerezh. A man within expressed some powerful ideas about his life and work. Mar 12, 2011 yony leyser is raising funds for william s. A man within is an intimate documentary that breaks the surface of the troubled and brilliant world of one of the greatest authors of all time. Director yony leyser was expelled from calarts and moved to kansas. A man within is a kind of genealogy of hip that connects burroughs, who was born in st. Weimar cinema, william s burroughs, passings on notebook. Burroughs scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Dec 17, 20 william came to lawrence because he didnt want to live in new york anymore. Featuring archival footage of burroughs, as well as interviews with confidants such as john waters, patti smith and iggy pop, the film, set to a soundtrack by patti smith and sonic youth, shows how burroughs spawned a countercultural movement. A new feature length independent documentary by director yony leyser. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A tender, vibrant portrait of the life and work of a beat generation icon, william s. The best parts of a man within reveal the man behind the public persona, one haunted by his wifes deaththe result of drunken, william tellinspired gunplayand resistant to opening himself up to love.
Yony leyser yony leyser ilko davidov 2009 the life and work of the novelist. The outstanding new documentary william s burroughs. Burroughs a man within trailer deutsch german kinostart. Featuring neverbeforeseen archival footage of burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including john waters, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, genesis breyer. Burroughs, in turn given to him by an assistant to allen ginsberg, ginsberg having blessed it for inclusion in the magazine. This volume of his correspondence from 1945 to 1959 vividly documents the. The reader follows the narration of junkie william lee, who takes on various aliases, from the u.
A man within, about one of the most interesting icons of the 20th century. A man within yony leyser, 2010 addeddate 20121217 04. A man within is a 2010 independent american documentary film directed by yony leyser about william s. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs who would have been 100 years old today, february 5, 2014. Hes like another kind of bible, is how patti smith describes william. Burroughss apocalyptic sensibility through readings of his. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve. A man within is a sort of genealogy of hip that connects william s. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. Circa 1995, one of the editors of the original sensitive skin, mr.