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Artist:	BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.
Title:	The Final Academy Documents
Label:	CHERRY RED (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	CRDVD 013

"William Burroughs was undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Amongst those who cite him as an influence are Clive Barker, Patti Smith, R.E.M., U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Cabaret Voltaire and the late Kurt Cobain, many of whom he collaborated with. His extensive literary legacy is constantly reprinted as each new generation study the man who influenced modern contemporary literature more than any other writer. His readings are legendary. The Final Academy Documents DVD contains a rare glimpse of the man himself appearing in public with some stunning readings from his work at Manchester's famous Hacienda club. Its very limited release on video in the 1980s makes this DVD even more collectable. Also featured on this DVD are some wonderful examples of Burroughs' work as an experimental film artist. 'Ghosts At Number 9' and 'Towers Open Fire' are two classic examples of Burroughs' film work with the likes of Anthony Balch and Brion Gysin." NTSC version, region free.

Artist:	BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.
Title:	Thee Films 1950s-1960s
Label:	CHERRY RED (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	CRDVD 146

"When writer William S. Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met Anthony Balch at the Beat Hotel in Paris at the start of the '60s they knew they had the ideal person to assist them in translating the ideas they had explored in experimental art forms to film. Balch began his movie-making career collaborating with Burroughs on two shorts 'Towers Open Fire' and 'The Cut Ups.' The former is a relatively straightforward attempt to capture the essence of Burroughs writing on film, utilizing key themes and situations featured in his books. The latter is an attempt to cinematically represent the art form. To achieve this, each scene was filmed and edited in its entirety before the cut up method was applied -- physically cutting the movie into foot long lengths and splicing them together randomly. Following the death of Anthony Balch in 1980, the films remained untouched and virtually forgotten at his home until the intervention of Psychic TV's Genesis P.Orridge, who salvaged and archived them. This unique collection comprises all the films made during that lengthy period of collaboration between Burroughs, Gysin and Balch. In addition to the finished works, the video includes a 50-minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film and superimpositions, material from the extensive archive of Psychic TV and to which Orridge added the distinctive soundtrack -- making Thee Films a unique and desirable addition to the collection of all Burroughs fans." NTSC format, region free. Running time: 120 minutes; 5.1 Audio/5.1 Surround Sound.

Artist:	BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.
Title:	Break Through In Grey Room
Label:	SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SR 008CD

"Officially re-released -- one of our absolute classics, back in print at last. Extraordinary cut-up voices recorded during the mid-60's in hotel rooms in New York, Paris, London...It's impossible not to recognize the writer's voice -- the sonority of this voice -- a sonority also present in the silence of every text he wrote. An explosion of styles -- a blasting of borders -- the silence after a gunshot -- the overtaking of the fetishized word -- from the exploded painting to the cut tape. This record starts with a piece of more than 13 minutes, recorded around 1965 with Ian Sommerville somewhere in New York and London -- K-9 was in combat with the alien mind-screens, including various monologues, radio short waves and music...Tapes, cut and cut and cut up to the limit of sense -- emerged new structures of communication... and senses. Words gain power when loosing the boundaries of semantics. Including too Joujouka music recorded by WS Borroughs in the hills of Morocco with Ornette Coleman, circa 1973."

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