The sydney film festival, set to have taken place in june in australias most. 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 sort of genealogy of hip that connects william s. After being kicked out of film school, he moved to lawrence, kansas, and began his passionate first feature film, william s. William s burroughs words of advice, burroughs on the. A man within docu does real justice to the beat writer, gun nut and literary icon. A man within proves that peter weller has starred in other movies except for robocop, namely naked lunch which is. 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. Burroughs, featuring previously unreleased footage and interviews with his friends and colleagues. A man within is the first fulllength documentary to look at the entire life of the beat and punk icon, author of. Yony leysers new documentary seeks to find a man within the. 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. The film is narrated by peter weller, with a soundtrack by patti smith and sonic.
Burroughs cover photo by juergen vollmer, new york, 1976. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he. The film is narrated by peter weller, with a soundtrack by patti smith and. The man was literary lsd and tried to free people from the bondage language and media has on consciousness. This is the first documentary depicting burroughs as the complex man he was, defying. 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. Godfather of punk iggy pop on his disapproving dads final words to him at 72, the punk rocker has stopped stage diving, and is even crooning over a jazzier groove in his latest album, free william s.
A man within, the first and only posthumous documentary about this legendary figure. A man within is a probing look at the man whose works at once. A man within is a 2010 independent american documentary film directed by yony leyser about william s. Watch the clip titled the rebel for the film william s. For those of you who dont know, william seward burroughs was born in 1914 within a very prosperous family the burroughs adding machine co. Burroughs wrote with the conviction of someone who understood the secret shapers of the universe, or someone who had lost his mind. A man within expressed some powerful ideas about his life and work. Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues including john waters, genesis porridge, laurie anderson. Director yony leyser interviewed on this disc as one of the many extras explains how his fascination with burroughs and his work led to his pursuit of telling the story of burroughss life. Docu does real justice to the beat writer, gun nut and literary icon. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. 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.
Burroughs reach an audience by supporting it through the 2010 slamdance film festival. Season 12 2m 3s an iconoclast who himself became an icon, william burroughs explored the outer boundaries of. The film is narrated by peter weller, with a soundtrack by patti smith and sonic youth. Yony leyser has produced an interesting and sometimes enlightening experience even for myself, who has read much of burroughss work, and many books about him. Jun 14, 2010 the film features never before seen footage of william s. The film was named as one of 2010s top 10 movies by sight and sound magazine. A man within combines vintage film with current footage of those who knew, worked with, loved, and were influenced or mentored by burroughs, including former. A man within streaming on kanopy, realeyz, hoopla or for free with ads on tubi tv. Though some of the film s most striking moments come from readings in which. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing william s.
The movie is the first and only documentary to be made about and with the full participation of writer william s. Burroughs, yony leyser manages only to find his shell. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life. 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. 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 with many currents of americas outlaw cultural tradition. With fred aldrich, laurie anderson, amiri baraka, jello biafra. 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, jello biafra, and david cronenberg. Now folks, if youll just step this way, youre about to witness the complete all american deanxietized man.
Oct 21, 2010 culture film features william s burroughs. Burroughs reads from the place of dead roads and the cat inside. 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. A man within is a sort of genealogy of hip that connects william s. And director yony leyser has come up with an ending that will take your breath away. Mar 12, 2011 yony leyser is raising funds for william s.
A man within investigates the life of the legendary beat author and american icon. A tender, vibrant portrait of the life and work of a beat generation icon, william s. William burroughs, unabridged our town chicago reader. 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. February 5, 1914 august 2, 1997 was an american writer and visual artist. 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.
Though some of the film s most striking moments come from readings in which burroughs recites his own work in his dry, craggy monotone, leyser has placed his focus on the man behind the work. Bouroughs some of the best actors, filmmakers and writers of the century assemble in william s. A man within sheds a lot of lightsometimes fractured lighton the life of the influential yet enigmatic beat poet william s. Yony leysers new documentary seeks to find a man within the controversial writer, wife killer and drug addict.
The film is narrated by peter weller, with a soundtrack by patti smith. A man within, about one of the most interesting icons of the 20th century. A man within offers a concise summary of burroughs life and works. Season 12 2m 3s an iconoclast who himself became an icon, william burroughs explored the outer boundaries of culture and.
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