"William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine" DVD (2015)
Los Angeles: Cult Epics (DVD, documentary), 2015.
7.5" x 5.25" x 0.625", DVD, 1h10m, with 60m of bonus features, "DVD134".
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine, a documentary produced and directed by Jon Aes-Nihil and David Woodard and released as a DVD by Cult Epics (Los Angeles) in 2015. This is a non-linear documentary comprised of multiple Burroughs-related events from 1996 and 1997. As noted on the back of the DVD case, "[i]n this document filmmaker and photographer Jon Aes-Nihil films Woodard and Burroughs at LACMA, Los Angeles, California (1996, featuring Allen Ginsberg and Leonardo DiCaprio) [at the Ports of Entry exhibition], the Nova Convention [not the 1978 event], Lawrence, Kansas (1996) and visits Burroughs at his home (1997), recording the last footage of him, in a conversation on drugs and government policies, 6 months prior to his passing."
The Bonus Features include still photographs and footage of David Woodard's Dreamachine installation at the Freud Museum of Dreams in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2007.
External Links:
- DVD Talk: "William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine" (review)
- IMDB: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
- YouTube: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine clip





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