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. A man within is a 2010 independent american documentary film directed by yony leyser about william s. A man within expressed some powerful ideas about his life and work. Burroughs with many currents of americas outlaw cultural tradition. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. A man within offers a concise summary of burroughs life and works. In a collaboration between burroughs and director howard brookner the film explores burroughs life story along with many of his contemporaries including allen ginsberg, brion gysin, francis bacon, herbert huncke, patti smith, terry southern, and. He bears the name of both his father and his greatgrandfather, william seward burroughs i, the original inventor of the burroughs adding machine. Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues including. Watch the clip titled the rebel for the film william s. 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. 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. William seward burroughs iii july 21, 1947 march 3, 1981 was an american novelist, also known as william s.
A man within is a 2010 english film stars peter weller, yony leyser, yony leyser, william s. A vibrant portrait of a beat generation icon, william s burroughs. A man within is a 2010 independent american documentary film directed by yony leyser. A man within, was made for independent lens on pbs. Written by graham rae and published by realitystudio on 23 april 2010. And director yony leyser has come up with an ending that will take your breath away. Burroughs, john waters, iggy pop, jello biafra, patti smith, laurie anderson, david cronenberg, gus van sant, andy warhol, carmine cervi, scott crary, ilko davidov, yony leyser, john bellow, devin mcnulty, thurston moore, lee. It is partially a sequel to his earlier novel, junkie, which ends with the stated ambition of finding a drug called yage. Burroughs, yony leyser manages only to find his shell. 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. Queer, although not devoted to that quest, does include a trip to south america looking for the substance.
Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues including john waters, genesis porridge, laurie anderson, peter weller, david cronenberg, patti smith, iggy pop, gus van sant, sonic youth, anne waldman, george condo, hal willner, james grauerholz, amiri baraka, jello biafra, v. 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 sheds a lot of lightsometimes fractured lighton the life of the influential yet enigmatic beat poet william s. A man within is a sort of genealogy of hip that connects william s. 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. 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. A man within investigates the life of the legendary beat author and american icon. With fred aldrich, laurie anderson, amiri baraka, jello biafra. A man within provides a rare and intimate look at one of the most influential artists of our time.
The film features never before seen footage of william s. Burroughs was called the godfather of the beat generation. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. This compilation of interviews, candid video and news footage proves only the futility in any attempt to penetrate the armour of a man who spent his entire life under the scrutinising eye of the art world. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life. 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 leyser s william s. A man within is a probing look at the man whose works at once. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. 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 man within is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, amazon, itunes online. 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. Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, howard brookners 1983 documentary about william s. 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 wrote with the conviction of someone who understood the secret shapers of the universe, or someone who had lost his mind. The film is narrated by peter weller, with a soundtrack by patti smith and sonic youth.