William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays, and five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences; he was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, made many appearances in films, and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks, including his celebrated "Shotgun Art". Description above from the Wikipedia article William S. Burroughs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Chappaqua

(Opium Jones)

FLicKeR

(Self)

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

(Self)

Take Your Pills

(Self (archive footage))

Relics: Einstein's Brain

(Self)

Bloodhounds of Broadway

(Butler)

Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

(James "Hive" Maker)

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

(Self (archive footage))

The Final Academy Documents

Decoder

(Old Man)

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

(Self)

Twister

(Man in Barn)

Obscene

(Self (archive footage))

William Buys a Parrot

(Self)

The Junky's Christmas

(Narrator)

Ornette: Made in America

(Self)

Glitterbug

(Self)

Condo Painting

(Self (archive footage))

Bill and Tony

(Self)

Towers Open Fire

The Cut-Ups

Ghost at No. 9

Home of the Brave

(Self)

The Source

(Self (archive footage))

William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

(Self)

Thanksgiving Prayer

(A Speaker)

Destroy All Rational Thought

(Self)

Coda I

(Self (voice) (archive sound))

Coda I + Coda II

(Self (voice) (archive sound))

Naked Making Lunch

(Self)

Shamans of the Blind Country

(Narrator (voice))

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

(Self)

For No Good Reason

(Self (archive footage))

Wanderlust

(Tom the Priest)

Fix: The Ministry Movie

(Self)

Ah Pook Is Here.

(Narrator)

The Beat Hotel

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

(Self (archive footage))

Underground and Emigrants

(Self)

Pantelia

(Self)

Burroughs: The Movie

(Self)

Chelsea Hotel

Pirate Tape

Energy and How to Get It

Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

Witchcraft Through the Ages

(Narrator)

Drugstore Cowboy

(Tom the Priest)

Thot-Fal'N

(Self)

Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

Cain's Film

(Self)

Nova Express

(Narrator (voice))

Don't Blink - Robert Frank

(Self (archive footage))

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

(Self (archive footage))

Poetry in Motion

This Song for Jack

(Self)

Heavy Petting

(Self)

Poem Posters

(Self)

It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

(Mafioso)

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

(Self)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

(Self)

Uncle Howard

(Self)

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

The Book of Life

(Preacher on Radio (voice))

Chicago

(Self)

William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self)