The Japanese Sandman (directed by Ed Buhr, 2008, Frameline Distribution) Reviewed by Graham Rae “Tears are worthless unless genuine, tears from the soul and the guts, tears that ache and wrench and hurt and tear.” — William S Burroughs, Last Words Let’s face it, the familiar picture of William S Burroughs now pretty much fixed…
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We Saw the Light
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting A while back I reviewed Daniel Kane’s Don’t Ever Get Famous, a book of essays he edited on the New York School of poets. Kane’s decision to stray from the beaten path was one of the selling points of that book. No heavy…
William Burroughs and Andy Warhol
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting I just finished reading a catalogue raisonné of Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. For those who do not know, Warhol shot a series of portrait films from 1964 to 1966, one of the most long-term and ambitious projects in his career as a filmmaker….