As the origins of the radical subculture are explored in a new film director Yony Leyser and key figure Bruce Labruce discuss its relevancy today
Director Yony Leyser calls queercore “a farce that became real”, while film-maker Bruce Labruce labels it a respite for “the fringe of the fringe”.
Labruce is uniquely qualified to make his claim. Thirty years ago, he and fellow Toronto artist Gb Jones started what later became known as queercore, a fake movement that somehow morphed into a genuine one. “People thought that Toronto was the center of this hardcore movement,” says Labruce in a new documentary directed by Leyser titled Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution. “But it was just me and two women who sat in their basement and churned out alternative publications and experimental movies.”...
Director Yony Leyser calls queercore “a farce that became real”, while film-maker Bruce Labruce labels it a respite for “the fringe of the fringe”.
Labruce is uniquely qualified to make his claim. Thirty years ago, he and fellow Toronto artist Gb Jones started what later became known as queercore, a fake movement that somehow morphed into a genuine one. “People thought that Toronto was the center of this hardcore movement,” says Labruce in a new documentary directed by Leyser titled Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution. “But it was just me and two women who sat in their basement and churned out alternative publications and experimental movies.”...
- 9/20/2018
- by Jim Farber
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s that time of the year again. Every fall, New York City becomes the focal point for any and every fan of non-fiction cinema, as one of the year’s most prestigious documentary festivals is finally, again, set to take the city by storm. Doc NYC is now in its eighth edition, and this is one of their best, and largest, lineups to date.
Broken down into over 15 different sections and sidebars, Doc NYC 2017 features everything from short films to films looking at art, design, music and social activism, just to name a few. There are sections like Metropolis, a competition sidebar featuring films set in and about New York City, as well as the Short List, a section of the best documentaries curated from the year so far. It’s a dense, broadly reaching festival with films from across the globe and that defy definition.
Besides films from...
Broken down into over 15 different sections and sidebars, Doc NYC 2017 features everything from short films to films looking at art, design, music and social activism, just to name a few. There are sections like Metropolis, a competition sidebar featuring films set in and about New York City, as well as the Short List, a section of the best documentaries curated from the year so far. It’s a dense, broadly reaching festival with films from across the globe and that defy definition.
Besides films from...
- 11/9/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The 10th annual Lausanne Underground Film Festival is a truly epic film event with an immense lineup of the strangest, sexiest, most grotesque, oddball and downright freakish movies from all over the world — from modern underground treats to classic cult movies of yesteryear.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
- 10/13/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For their 5th annual event, which is set to run Sept. 8-11, the Sydney Underground Film Festival is looking a little more demented than ever. And that’s saying a lot for this scrappy, still relatively young fest, which typically offers ample twisted cinematic offerings.
The fun kicks off with the Opening Night film, the demented superhero comedy Super, written and directed by former Troma go-to screenwriter James Gunn (Tromeo & Juliet); then ends with the Closing Night wallowing in Sydney’s seedy underbelly, X, by homegrown filmmaker Jon Hewitt.
Crammed between these two excursions into violence and depravity is a lineup filled with perverse visions, scandalous public figures, sickening horror, experimental pop culture remixes and more.
For Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, the highlight of the fest is Usama Alshaibi‘s Profane, a complex psychological, psychosexual, spiritual morality play about a Muslim sex worker who endures a “reverse...
The fun kicks off with the Opening Night film, the demented superhero comedy Super, written and directed by former Troma go-to screenwriter James Gunn (Tromeo & Juliet); then ends with the Closing Night wallowing in Sydney’s seedy underbelly, X, by homegrown filmmaker Jon Hewitt.
Crammed between these two excursions into violence and depravity is a lineup filled with perverse visions, scandalous public figures, sickening horror, experimental pop culture remixes and more.
For Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, the highlight of the fest is Usama Alshaibi‘s Profane, a complex psychological, psychosexual, spiritual morality play about a Muslim sex worker who endures a “reverse...
- 8/9/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 14th annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival is, once again, packed to the gills with worldwide wonderful, weird and revelatory filmmaking. The fest runs this year on July 14-24.
The highlight of the festival is the once-in-a-lifetime live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will be performed on July 17 at 7:15 p.m. American animator Brent Green will be traveling Down Under to provide the live musical score and narration for his emotional, live-action animated tale about undying love and creation. He will also be accompanied by band mates and foley artists, Mike McGinley, John Swartz, Donna K and Drew Henkles.
Some other films to look out for at the fest will be the Australian premiere of Zach Clark‘s terminally twisted Vacation!, a black comedy about four girls on a debauched weekend of drinking and drugging that ends horribly for all involved; Marie Losier’s acclaimed...
The highlight of the festival is the once-in-a-lifetime live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will be performed on July 17 at 7:15 p.m. American animator Brent Green will be traveling Down Under to provide the live musical score and narration for his emotional, live-action animated tale about undying love and creation. He will also be accompanied by band mates and foley artists, Mike McGinley, John Swartz, Donna K and Drew Henkles.
Some other films to look out for at the fest will be the Australian premiere of Zach Clark‘s terminally twisted Vacation!, a black comedy about four girls on a debauched weekend of drinking and drugging that ends horribly for all involved; Marie Losier’s acclaimed...
- 6/17/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within provides a rare and intimate look at one of the most influential artists of our time. Burroughs was called the “godfather of the beat generation.” His controversial and daring works in reference to drug use and queer experience were among the first of their kind. This documentary features interviews with his closest friends and colleagues: Patti Smith, Allen Ginsburg and Norman Mailer, among others. The film shows how Burroughs’ influence can be felt throughout many artistic genres; he inspired countless musicians, visual artists and filmmakers like David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, U2, Andy Warhol, Blondie, Nirvana, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters. Norman Mailer has said of Burroughs: “[He is] the only American writer who may conceivably be possessed by genius.”
Personal tragedy and struggle served as inspiration for much of Burroughs’ work, most notably that he accidentally shot his wife in the head...
Personal tragedy and struggle served as inspiration for much of Burroughs’ work, most notably that he accidentally shot his wife in the head...
- 3/27/2011
- by Marissa Quenqua
- JustPressPlay.net
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
"Game of Death" (2011)
Directed by Giorgio Serafini
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.
"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Released by Funimation
An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.
"Daylight Robbery" (2008)
Directed by Paris Leonti
Released by Well Go USA
Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.
"Disconnect" (2011)
Directed by Robin Christian...
- 2/15/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
- 1/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
By Christopher Stipp
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Yony Leyser - Interview
Watching a documentary on William S. Burroughs is kind of like opening your mind up like a flower waiting for a bumblebee to come and pollenate it. You know that in order to carry on, you need to have someone assist you in continuing down the path of evolving as a species. Burroughs was that bee. He was slight, unassuming, but wielded such a power as to be completely and totally dangerous.
I hadn’t ever come into contact with his work until having this documentary, crafted together by director Yony Leyser, put in front of me to see exactly what kind man he was. Forget about what the media has built up around the perceived mystique of the man,...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Yony Leyser - Interview
Watching a documentary on William S. Burroughs is kind of like opening your mind up like a flower waiting for a bumblebee to come and pollenate it. You know that in order to carry on, you need to have someone assist you in continuing down the path of evolving as a species. Burroughs was that bee. He was slight, unassuming, but wielded such a power as to be completely and totally dangerous.
I hadn’t ever come into contact with his work until having this documentary, crafted together by director Yony Leyser, put in front of me to see exactly what kind man he was. Forget about what the media has built up around the perceived mystique of the man,...
- 12/3/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
If William S. Burroughs's work seems different, his life could be considered alien. Yony Leyser's new documentary, "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within," explores the personal life of the celebrated and controversial beat author of "Naked Lunch." The film, narrated by Peter Weller, combines never-before-seen footage of Burroughs and interviews with a wide variety of figures familiar with the writer and his work. This is Leyser's feature film debut and ...
- 11/17/2010
- indieWIRE - People
If William S. Burroughs's work seems different, his life could be considered alien. Yony Leyser's new documentary, "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within," explores the personal life of the celebrated and controversial beat author of "Naked Lunch." The film, narrated by Peter Weller, combines never-before-seen footage of Burroughs and interviews with a wide variety of figures familiar with the writer and his work. This is Leyser's feature film debut and ...
- 11/17/2010
- Indiewire
Budding filmmaker Yony Leyser was only 12 years old when Beatnik icon William S. Burroughs died in 1997, at the age of 83. Leyser grew up writing and performing in his hometown of Chicago and began experimenting with documentary filmmaking at the age of 16. Societal outsiders have always been of particular fascination to Leyser, and upon his first reading of Burroughs' Naked Lunch in high school the young documentarian was blown away. Following his dismissal from art school, Leyser relocated to Lawrence, Kansas, where Burroughs' lived and died, and began his investigation into the author. Naked Lunch was a landmark publication in the history of American literature. The feverish ingenuity of the novel (for lack of a better word) grabbed conformist Fifties culture by the balls and intoxicated the art world with original phrases like 'heavy metal' and 'Steely Dan.' Burroughs' seminal work, along with others such as Junkie and...
- 11/16/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Last week at the May Fair Hotel in central London I sat down with documentary filmmaker Yony Leyser to discuss his excellent new feature William S. Burroughs: A Man Within.
My own opinion of the American writer isn’t a comfortable one and Leyer’s movie didn’t change my mind on Burrough’s work or his character, but it did offer a fresh glimpse of the man and his extremely complex personality. Indeed, the film’s subtitle – A Man Within – highlights the drive of the documentary.
It is well made film on an often lurid and strange individual. I had to share my interview time with a journalist from The Independent, and it would have been great to chat with Leyser more in depth about Burroughs and his movie. Alas, it was not to be.
As my friend, the writer Ben Loory told me, Burroughs is a writer who...
My own opinion of the American writer isn’t a comfortable one and Leyer’s movie didn’t change my mind on Burrough’s work or his character, but it did offer a fresh glimpse of the man and his extremely complex personality. Indeed, the film’s subtitle – A Man Within – highlights the drive of the documentary.
It is well made film on an often lurid and strange individual. I had to share my interview time with a journalist from The Independent, and it would have been great to chat with Leyser more in depth about Burroughs and his movie. Alas, it was not to be.
As my friend, the writer Ben Loory told me, Burroughs is a writer who...
- 10/26/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The 34th São Paulo International Film Festival (site), which opened on Friday and runs through November 4, is partnering with Mubi to make a dozen shorts and over 50 features it's screening available online — for free — to viewers in Brazil.
A sampling of the highlights would include Red Light Revolution (the site has a trailer), written and directed by Sam Voutas (who appeared in Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death) and flying in the face of expectations many might have of Chinese cinema — it's a comedy about opening a sex shop in a conservative Beijing neighborhood.
Back in January, John Anderson wrote in Variety that "William S Burroughs has been overripe for the kind of substantive, stylistically simpatico docu treatment he gets from helmer Yony Leyser, whose William S Burroughs: A Man Within does real justice to the Beat writer, gun nut and literary icon."
Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas's Jean Gentil,...
A sampling of the highlights would include Red Light Revolution (the site has a trailer), written and directed by Sam Voutas (who appeared in Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death) and flying in the face of expectations many might have of Chinese cinema — it's a comedy about opening a sex shop in a conservative Beijing neighborhood.
Back in January, John Anderson wrote in Variety that "William S Burroughs has been overripe for the kind of substantive, stylistically simpatico docu treatment he gets from helmer Yony Leyser, whose William S Burroughs: A Man Within does real justice to the Beat writer, gun nut and literary icon."
Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas's Jean Gentil,...
- 10/25/2010
- MUBI
Killer, drug fiend, gun lover, revolutionary writer. William S. Burroughs (1914 – 1997) remains one of the most notorious and influential artists of the 20th century, certainly in Us literature.
Musicians flocked around him as acolytes and his book, Naked Lunch, was dragged through the courts on obscenity charges. Burroughs was the forerunner of the Beat generation and led the creative charge, inspiring others to follow suit.
But what about real man; the man within, as the movie’s subtitle promises to expose? When the mask of the artist has been lifted what do we see?
Yony Leyser’s feature length documentary might be littered with people talking bollocks giving it a ‘film memorial’ type effect, but we do get glimpses of Burrough’s regrets, sadness and fleeting moments of profound insights via home video footage, interviews and readings of his work.
Burroughs is the definition of the outsider artist. He was married...
Musicians flocked around him as acolytes and his book, Naked Lunch, was dragged through the courts on obscenity charges. Burroughs was the forerunner of the Beat generation and led the creative charge, inspiring others to follow suit.
But what about real man; the man within, as the movie’s subtitle promises to expose? When the mask of the artist has been lifted what do we see?
Yony Leyser’s feature length documentary might be littered with people talking bollocks giving it a ‘film memorial’ type effect, but we do get glimpses of Burrough’s regrets, sadness and fleeting moments of profound insights via home video footage, interviews and readings of his work.
Burroughs is the definition of the outsider artist. He was married...
- 10/14/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The programme for this year’s festival has been announced and there are a number of literature-based films including the Opening Night Gala Never Let Me Go, Closing Night Gala 127 Hours and the provocative ‘Muslim punks’ film The Taqwacores.
With so many films in this year’s Lff programme having their origins in printed form, a discussion panel is also being held on 25th October, with a number of screenwriters discussing their adaptations in the Hollywood Reporter-sponsored event A Novel Idea: Adapting Books for the Screen.
Below a selection of the films with a literary connection screening at this year’s London Film Festival:
Literary Feature Films:
127 Hours; Dir. Danny Boyle – Gripping, adventurous film making and headline grabbing drama from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, based on Aron Ralston’s book Between a Rock and A Hard Place (set for re-release in January).
The American; Dir. Anton Corbijn – George Clooney...
With so many films in this year’s Lff programme having their origins in printed form, a discussion panel is also being held on 25th October, with a number of screenwriters discussing their adaptations in the Hollywood Reporter-sponsored event A Novel Idea: Adapting Books for the Screen.
Below a selection of the films with a literary connection screening at this year’s London Film Festival:
Literary Feature Films:
127 Hours; Dir. Danny Boyle – Gripping, adventurous film making and headline grabbing drama from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, based on Aron Ralston’s book Between a Rock and A Hard Place (set for re-release in January).
The American; Dir. Anton Corbijn – George Clooney...
- 9/22/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
If there is ever a literary figure that has needed a documentary, it’s one William S. Burroughs, the author of such films as Naked Lunch, which later joined the Criterion Collection as an adaptation directed by David Cronenberg.
Well, thanks to Oscilloscope Laboratories, we will get a chance to see the man’s life on the big screen.
According to indieWire, the distributor has picked up the North American rights to release Yony Leyser’s documentary, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, which premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival.
The film will hit theaters this fall, which will be followed by a DVD release, along with a broadcast television release on PBS’ Independent Lens series in late 2010/early 2011. It features interviews ranging from John Waters to Iggy Pop, with the likes of Gus Van Sandt, Patti Smith, and the aforementioned Cronenberg, and is narrated by Peter Weller.
Well, thanks to Oscilloscope Laboratories, we will get a chance to see the man’s life on the big screen.
According to indieWire, the distributor has picked up the North American rights to release Yony Leyser’s documentary, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, which premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival.
The film will hit theaters this fall, which will be followed by a DVD release, along with a broadcast television release on PBS’ Independent Lens series in late 2010/early 2011. It features interviews ranging from John Waters to Iggy Pop, with the likes of Gus Van Sandt, Patti Smith, and the aforementioned Cronenberg, and is narrated by Peter Weller.
- 6/4/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Indie Roundup is your weekly guide to what's new and upcoming in the world of independent film. Pictured (clockwise from upper left): Boxing Gym, Carancho, Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within.
Deals. We've got boxers, a sleazy lawyer, a famous author, and a genius, all coming soon to a theater / TV / computer near you. Courtesy of our friends at indieWIRE, we learn that the legendary Frederick Wiseman will distribute Boxing Gym, his latest documentary, through his own distribution company in collaboration with mTuckman Media. The doc unfolds at Lord's Gym in Austin, Texas. David Hudson at Mubi rounded up coverage from its world premiere at Cannes last month. Boxing Gym hits New York on October 22.
The sleazy lawyer arrives via Pablo Trapero's Carancho, starring the always-wonderful Ricardo Darín (featured in the Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, now playing...
Deals. We've got boxers, a sleazy lawyer, a famous author, and a genius, all coming soon to a theater / TV / computer near you. Courtesy of our friends at indieWIRE, we learn that the legendary Frederick Wiseman will distribute Boxing Gym, his latest documentary, through his own distribution company in collaboration with mTuckman Media. The doc unfolds at Lord's Gym in Austin, Texas. David Hudson at Mubi rounded up coverage from its world premiere at Cannes last month. Boxing Gym hits New York on October 22.
The sleazy lawyer arrives via Pablo Trapero's Carancho, starring the always-wonderful Ricardo Darín (featured in the Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, now playing...
- 6/4/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Oscilloscope Laboratories have picked up a companion film of sorts to the acquisition they made in April with Howl which is set for a late September release. Yony Leyser's docu William S. Burroughs: A Man Within will be set for a fall theatrical release and ties in perfectly with the Ginsberg flick - as they were both the founding members of the Beat Generation. - Oscilloscope Laboratories have picked up a companion film of sorts to the acquisition they made in April with Howl which is set for a late September release. Yony Leyser's docu William S. Burroughs: A Man Within will be set for a fall theatrical release and ties in perfectly with the Ginsberg flick - as they were both the founding members of the Beat Generation. Narrated by Peter Weller, Leyser's doc looks at the life and career of Beat writer Burroughs ("Naked Lunch...
- 6/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Hollywoodnews.com: You have to admire the decisions made by Oscilloscope Laboratories, the moderate-sized production company guided by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch.
The company just announced plans to release a documentary about famed Beat writer William S. Burroughs entitled “A Man Within.” The picture, directed by Yony Leyser, showcases a number of legendary music icons like Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.
“Within” joins a stable of creatively challenging titles in the Oscilloscope library. Yauch and his team have taken chances on non-mainstream material and connected with features like “Wendy & Lucy” with Michelle Williams and documentaries like “Flow,” about our planet’s diminished water supply.
Yauch’s production company knows how to pick projects. It’s also learning how to get them in front of the right audience. “A Man Within” currently is playing festivals. Indiewire.com says it will have a limited...
The company just announced plans to release a documentary about famed Beat writer William S. Burroughs entitled “A Man Within.” The picture, directed by Yony Leyser, showcases a number of legendary music icons like Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.
“Within” joins a stable of creatively challenging titles in the Oscilloscope library. Yauch and his team have taken chances on non-mainstream material and connected with features like “Wendy & Lucy” with Michelle Williams and documentaries like “Flow,” about our planet’s diminished water supply.
Yauch’s production company knows how to pick projects. It’s also learning how to get them in front of the right audience. “A Man Within” currently is playing festivals. Indiewire.com says it will have a limited...
- 6/3/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Oscilloscope Laboratories have picked up a companion film of sorts to the acquisition they made in April with Howl which is set for a late September release. Yony Leyser's docu William S. Burroughs: A Man Within will be set for a fall theatrical release and ties in perfectly with the Ginsberg flick - as they were both the founding members of the Beat Generation. Narrated by Peter Weller, Leyser's doc looks at the life and career of Beat writer Burroughs ("Naked Lunch") through archival footage and interviews with John Waters, Gus Van Sant and David Cronenberg, among others. Patti Smith and Sonic Youth provide the soundtrack. Born the heir of the Burroughs’ adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. His novel, Naked Lunch,...
- 6/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
By Daniel Frankel
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American distribution rights to the William S. Burroughs documentary “A Man Within.”
The company plans to premiere the Yony Leyser-directed film during the upcoming season of PBS’ “Independent Lens” series.
Including interviews from John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant and David Cronenberg, among others, “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” premiered at the 2010 Slam...
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American distribution rights to the William S. Burroughs documentary “A Man Within.”
The company plans to premiere the Yony Leyser-directed film during the upcoming season of PBS’ “Independent Lens” series.
Including interviews from John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant and David Cronenberg, among others, “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” premiered at the 2010 Slam...
- 6/2/2010
- by Daniel Frankel
- The Wrap
Oscilloscope has picked up North American rights to Yony Leyser's doc "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within." The 2010 Slamdance Film Festival debut is a portrait of the Beat figure featuring never-before-seen archival footage of the author of Naked Lunch. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in the Autumn of 2010 followed by a DVD and digital release, ad the feature will also have a broadcast premiere as part of the ...
- 6/2/2010
- Indiewire
As you all know, alongside Sundance there's Slamdance, and Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, which is part of Slamdance's Documentary Competition. Yony Leyser's doc details Burroughs' life as a Beat author and icon, and includes not only never-before-seen footage, but also a narration by Peter Weller, a soundtrack by Sonic Youth and the Patti Smith Group, and interviews with a whole lot of interesting folks like John Waters, Patti Smith, David Cronenberg, Amiri Baraka, Gus Van Sant... You can see the whole list on the poster in the gallery below, which includes not only the interview list, but of course -- a cat. As fans know: "A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering. "
Burroughs at Slamdance + Ginsberg at Sundance ... it's a good, Beat-filled month to be in Utah.
Burroughs at Slamdance + Ginsberg at Sundance ... it's a good, Beat-filled month to be in Utah.
- 1/21/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Slamdance, which runs concurrently with Park City’s Sundance Film Festival, has announced its 2010 line-up, and there are several choices that look to make genre fans sit up and take notice.
Variety provided the names of the ten narrative and eight documentary feature films that are, in the spirit of the fest’s motto, “by filmmakers, for filmmakers.” Although not all of them are horror related, in the interest of keeping you guys fully informed on all the latest indie happenings (and because some of the docs just sound so damn interesting with topics like William Burroughs and Bolivian women wrestlers!), the full list follows:
Narrative Competition:
Cummings Farm (Andrew Drazek) - Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman.
Drones (Amber Benson & Adam Busch) - A man discovers a universal threat to his life,...
Variety provided the names of the ten narrative and eight documentary feature films that are, in the spirit of the fest’s motto, “by filmmakers, for filmmakers.” Although not all of them are horror related, in the interest of keeping you guys fully informed on all the latest indie happenings (and because some of the docs just sound so damn interesting with topics like William Burroughs and Bolivian women wrestlers!), the full list follows:
Narrative Competition:
Cummings Farm (Andrew Drazek) - Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman.
Drones (Amber Benson & Adam Busch) - A man discovers a universal threat to his life,...
- 12/10/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
What's that? You can't wait to hear about the Irish post apocalyptic film One Hundred Mornings? Well you don't have to because we already have a review of it right here! Our own Alan Maxwell called it an "uncomfortably realistic vision of the breakdown of society." Yeah, it's good.
So continuing, part of the Slamdance lineup has been announced and it's got quite a few films we've featured.
Want something horrible in the forest? How about YellowBrickRoad?
Or maybe some William Burroughs? How about William S Burroughs: A Man Within?
Yup, the lineup for one of my favorite festivals is looking mighty fine as usual, and we'll be bringing you more shortly.
Partial lineup after the break!
Narrative Competition
Cummings Farm (Andrew Drazek) Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman.
Drones (Amber Benson...
So continuing, part of the Slamdance lineup has been announced and it's got quite a few films we've featured.
Want something horrible in the forest? How about YellowBrickRoad?
Or maybe some William Burroughs? How about William S Burroughs: A Man Within?
Yup, the lineup for one of my favorite festivals is looking mighty fine as usual, and we'll be bringing you more shortly.
Partial lineup after the break!
Narrative Competition
Cummings Farm (Andrew Drazek) Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman.
Drones (Amber Benson...
- 12/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The competitive lineup for the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival (of which Fangoria is a media sponsor) has been revealed via an announcement on Variety. "As in years past, competing films are by first-time feature directors working with limited budgets and without domestic theatrical distribution in place. Among the 18 titles, 11 are world premieres." the trade reports.
Fright fans may recall that Oren Peli's recent hit Paranormal Activity played the fest in 2008. As always, Slamdance will run side-by-side with the Sundance Film Fest in Park City Utah, January 21-28, 2010. While there's plenty of genre fare to be seen, we've got the entire list of films for you to browse below.
Narrative Competition
“Cummings Farm” (Andrew Drazek) Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman. “Drones” (Amber Benson & Adam Busch) A man discovers a universal threat to his life,...
Fright fans may recall that Oren Peli's recent hit Paranormal Activity played the fest in 2008. As always, Slamdance will run side-by-side with the Sundance Film Fest in Park City Utah, January 21-28, 2010. While there's plenty of genre fare to be seen, we've got the entire list of films for you to browse below.
Narrative Competition
“Cummings Farm” (Andrew Drazek) Comedy about three couples who try group sex at a lakeside strawberry farm, naively hoping it will lead to enlightenment; with Laura Silverman. “Drones” (Amber Benson & Adam Busch) A man discovers a universal threat to his life,...
- 12/10/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
There have been films made about William S. Burroughs before, but it looks like the revolutionary, experimental scribe may finally get a treatment worth watching all the way through. Interview subjects read like a mini Who's Who of the interzone: John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurie Anderson, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Sonic Youth, Anne Waldman, George Condo, Hal Willner, James Grauerholz, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, V. Vale, David Ohle, Wayne Propst, Dr. William Ayers, Diane Diprima, as well as close personal friends and associates. The only potential disappointment lies in the film's apparent standard issue biopic…...
- 9/16/2009
- by By Timothy Gabriele
- PopMatters
There have been films made about William S. Burroughs before, but it looks like the revolutionary, experimental scribe may finally get a treatment worth watching all the way through. Interview subjects read like a mini Who's Who of the interzone: John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurie Anderson, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Sonic Youth, Anne Waldman, George Condo, Hal Willner, James Grauerholz, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, V. Vale, David Ohle, Wayne Propst, Dr. William Ayers, Diane Diprima, as well as close personal friends and associates. The only potential disappointment lies in the film's apparent standard issue biopic…...
- 9/16/2009
- by By Timothy Gabriele
- PopMatters
“I’m transcribing a movie, a film that I see in my mind as best I can in words.” – William S. Bouroughs
Some of the best actors, filmmakers and writers of the century assemble in William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, the first (and only) posthumous documentary about this legendary figure. an upcoming feature-length independent documentary on the writer directed by Chicago Director Yony Leyser.
To saw we're excited about this one is truly an understatement. Besides being a fan of his writing, Cronenberg's Naked Lunch is one of our go-to films, if not one of the most adventurous and provocative flims ever made.
Synopsis:
The film investigates the life of legendary beat author and American icon, William S. Burroughs. Born the heir of the Burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing...
Some of the best actors, filmmakers and writers of the century assemble in William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, the first (and only) posthumous documentary about this legendary figure. an upcoming feature-length independent documentary on the writer directed by Chicago Director Yony Leyser.
To saw we're excited about this one is truly an understatement. Besides being a fan of his writing, Cronenberg's Naked Lunch is one of our go-to films, if not one of the most adventurous and provocative flims ever made.
Synopsis:
The film investigates the life of legendary beat author and American icon, William S. Burroughs. Born the heir of the Burroughs adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing...
- 8/18/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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