A breezily stylized, very enjoyable trot through the writers life, theme by. A man within is a probing look at the man whose works at once. 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 and thomas woschitzs universalove open the chicago international movies and music festival on thursday, march 4. A man within docu does real justice to the beat writer, gun nut and literary icon. A vibrant portrait of a beat generation icon, william s burroughs. With fred aldrich, laurie anderson, amiri baraka, jello biafra. A man within investigates the life of the legendary beat author and american icon. 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 movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
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. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. 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 kind of genealogy of hip that connects burroughs, who was born in st. The movie, a oneofakind nonfiction portrait that was brought to life with the help of a remarkable crew of friends, including jim. Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. Louis in 1914, the wealthy harvardeducated grandson of the founder of the burroughs adding machine. 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.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing william s. The movie, a oneofakind nonfiction portrait that was brought to life with the help of a. A man within rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Now viewers can enjoy the invigorating candidness of burroughs. Books by burroughs, edgar rice sorted by popularity project gutenberg. A man within expressed some powerful ideas about his life and work. A man within is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, amazon, itunes online. 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. 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. Project gutenberg offers 61,785 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone.
Born the heir of the burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life. A man within sheds a lot of lightsometimes fractured lighton the life of the influential yet enigmatic beat poet william s. A man within explores the brilliant and troubled world of one of our greatest authors. Burroughs didnt feel at home unless he had a loaded gun by his side.
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