Destroy All Rational Thought (Burroughs, Gysin...)

DVD featuring one of the last interviews with Willaim Burroughs and previously unseen vintage footage of him during the 50s and early 60s. - The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri taught Jack Kerouac, Timothy Leary, and Allen Ginsberg how to live outside the law. This DVD features one of the last interviews with Burroughs and previously unseen vintage footage of him in his prime during the 50s and early 60s. Also featured are The Master Musicians of Joujouka collaborating with avant garde Dublin musicians, veterans of the Tangier Beat Scene, and cutting edge writers. In addition, there is music from Bill Laswell, The Baby Snakes, plus contributions from Ira Cohen, Hakim Bey, Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy) and many more.

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - THE FINAL ACADEMY DOCUMENTS

William Burroughs - "Towers open fire" - "Thanksgiving Prayer"

Thanksgiving Prayer By: William S. Burroughs
This poem re­so­nates to­day as ex­po­sing what has gone hor­ri­bly wrong in the USA, or maybe what has al­ways been wrong. It is a short film by Gus Van Sant of Mr. Burroughs rea­ding his poem cal­led Thanks­gi­ving Day Nov. 28, 1986.

Thanksgiving Prayer By: William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs - Thanksgiving Prayer par Bodhisattva1956