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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Featuring never-before-seen 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 P-Orridge, Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, and David Cronenberg, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within is a probing, ye...

Directed By: Yony Leyser

Written By: Yony Leyser

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 27 m

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
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Summary Featuring never-before-seen 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 P-Orridge, Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, and David Cronenberg, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within is a probing, ye...

Directed By: Yony Leyser

Written By: Yony Leyser

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Nov 13, 2010
Leyser has done his job with this, his first feature, burnishing Burroughs' legend and making manifest the enormous shadow he still casts over writers and artists of all stripe.
By Pam Grady FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 3, 2011
A breezily stylized, very enjoyable trot through the writer's life, theme by theme, era by era.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 13, 2010
There is a wealth of anecdotal material. Like his subject, Leyser strives to disengage from the conventional, while still being lucid. He succeeds admirably.
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70
Nov 27, 2010
"A Man Within" won't be the last word on Burroughs, who died in 1997, but it's a welcome addition to the biographical canon - less as clear-eyed investigation than for the intimate and moving portrait it paints.
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70
Nov 16, 2010
Leyser's collation of interviews and stock footage is polished enough to effectively perpetuate the Burroughs legend.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 18, 2010
Contains enough fascinating archival footage to make it worthy of interest.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 19, 2010
The author of "Naked Lunch" and his words were funny, freaky and sometimes just Out There. Yet as "there" became "here," Leyser shows, Burroughs seemed to be everywhere.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BulletProof Film, Yonilizer Productions
Release Date Nov 17, 2010
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.williamsburroughsthemovie.com/
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Awards

Honolulu International Festival (I)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Merlinka festival
• 1 Nomination

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