William S. Burroughs Movies

  • 1986
    Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

    Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

    Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

    8.21986HD

    A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of...

    Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
  • 1994
    Ah Pook Is Here.

    Ah Pook Is Here.

    Ah Pook Is Here.

    6.21994HD

    A disturbingly organic-looking figure speaks to us of life, politics and death as the symbol of the common man toils away. Written and narrated by...

    Ah Pook Is Here.
  • 1994
    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    81994HD

    Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
  • 2010
    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    6.62010HD

    A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
  • 1990
    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

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    A behind-the-scenes documentary of "The Black Rider/Der schwarze Reiter" or "The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets" a "musical fable" in...

    The Black Rider
  • 1982
    Taking Tiger Mountain

    Taking Tiger Mountain

    Taking Tiger Mountain

    4.91982HD

    Militant feminist scientists brainwash research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution. Meanwhile World War III is being fought...

    Taking Tiger Mountain
  • 1968
    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    7.31968HD

    Narrated by Beat Generation icon William S. Burroughs, this re-edited and revamped American version of the 1922 Danish classic Häxan features a...

    Witchcraft Through the Ages
  • 1990
    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    7.51990HD

    Inspired by the German folktale, Wilhelm, a file clerk, falls in love with a huntsman's daughter. In order to marry, Wilhelm must prove his worth as...

    The Black Rider
  • 1981
    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

    Shamans of the Blind Country

    71981HD

    A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.

    Shamans of the Blind Country
  • 2015
    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    72015HD

    The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they're one in the same, and the vast amount...

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank
  • 2013
    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

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    Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...

    Coda I + Coda II
  • 2022
    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

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    We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears...

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
  • 2009
    Joy Division

    Joy Division

    Joy Division

    7.6362009HD

    A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.

    Joy Division
  • 2009
    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    02009HD

    Ma bande magnétique arrière
  • 1985
    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    7.31985HD

    An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
  • 2012
    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    6.82012HD

    An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing...

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
  • 1991
    Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

    Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

    Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

    6.61991HD

    Computer programmer/beekeeper Jacob gets a "television" implanted in his brain by a race of telekinetic bees, which causes him to experience severe...

    Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
  • 1989
    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

    5.71989HD

    Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie...

    Heavy Petting
  • 1998
    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    6.51998HD

    The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri...

    Destroy All Rational Thought
  • 1972
    Bill and Tony

    Bill and Tony

    Bill and Tony

    6.41972HD

    Experimental film by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch

    Bill and Tony