Movies

  • 1982
    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

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    Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...

    Ghost at No. 9
  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago
  • 1967
    Poem Posters

    Poem Posters

    Poem Posters

    01967HD

    ... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...

    Poem Posters
  • 1976
    Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants

    01976HD

    In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts...

    Underground and Emigrants
  • 1994
    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

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    Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

    September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
  • 2022
    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    02022HD

    We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears...

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
  • 2013
    Coda I

    Coda I

    Coda I

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    Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...

    Coda I
  • 2007
    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road

    02007HD

    A portrait of the American Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) based on never-before-seen footage from his visit to Denmark in...

    Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

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    Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream...

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
  • 1969
    Cain's Film

    Cain's Film

    Cain's Film

    01969HD

    A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the...

    Cain's Film
  • 1976
    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    01976HD

    A road movie whose journey intersects with and extends the events of the International Counter-Culture Meeting that took place in 1975 in Montreal....

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed

    02015HD

    Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick

    William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
  • 2014
    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

    02014HD

    To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew...

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash
  • 2015
    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie

    02015HD

    After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs...

    Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
  • 2013
    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

    Coda I + Coda II

    02013HD

    Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...

    Coda I + Coda II
  • 2009
    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    Ma bande magnétique arrière

    02009HD

    Ma bande magnétique arrière
  • 2000
    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

    02000HD

    John McNaughton's spotlight on George Condo and his art. The film, which follows the progress of Condo's large-scale oil painting Big Red over the...

    Condo Painting