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"Giorno Video Pak 3: It's Clean , It Just Looks Dirty" VHS (1986/1987)

New York City: Giorno Poetry Systems (VHS, video), 1986/1987. case: 8.875" x 5.5" x 1.5", clamshell with wraparound cover. tape: 4.125" x 7.375" x 1", VHS cassette, 11 films, 59:45 running time, "GPS037". It's Clean, It Just Looks Dirty , otherwise known as "Giorno Video Pak 3", a selection of 11 films on VHS cassette [shown] and Betamax cassette, as released by Giorno Poetry Systems (New York City) in 1986-1987 [the copyrights differ on the cassette and on the cover]. Executive produced by John Giorno, Stephen Weber, and Peter Wright. Post-production by Standy at Matrix. Edited by Tom Crawford and Rick Feist. Cover design by Mark Michaelson. Produced in part by a grant from the New York State Council for the Arts.  William S. Burroughs appears as the "Energy Czar" in a 14:20 edited version of the roughly 30-minute film "Energy and How to Get It", the fifth film on this cassette, where Burroughs is filmed within ...

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