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William S. Burroughs was one of the most celebrated American authors of the second half of the 20th century, but he was nearly as famous for being the counterculture's leading curmudgeon for close to 40 years. He was a friend and confidante of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac however, Burroughs and his work never really fit in with the Beat movement. He was an out-of-the-closet...
significant works
movies
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
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Dog Star Man
1964
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Eraserhead
1977
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982
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Last Year at Marienbad
1961
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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The Man With a Movie Camera
1929
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The Mirror
1974
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Pierrot Le Fou
1965
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Un Chien Andalou
1928
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Weekend
1967
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The Man With a Movie Camera
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Woman in the Dunes
1964
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Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
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La jetée
1962
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Skazka Skazok
1979
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Kinoglaz
1924
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Woman in the Dunes
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Alaya
1987
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At Land
1944
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Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
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Mulholland Dr.
2001
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Motion Painting No. 1
1947
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Alaya
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Sink or Swim
1990
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Scorpio Rising
1964
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Eaux d'Artifice
1953
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Fireworks
1947
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Vanya on 42nd Street
1994
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Sink or Swim
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F for Fake
1973
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Alice
1988
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Zvenigora
1928
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Celine and Julie Go Boating
1974
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Sans Soleil
1982
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F for Fake
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Manhatta
1921
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Ghosts Before Breakfast
1928
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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927
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My Winnipeg
2007
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Et Cetera
1966
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Manhatta
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Tarnation
2003
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Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
1976
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Notre Musique
2004
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Innocence
2004
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Punch and Judy
1966
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Tarnation
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The Wild Blue Yonder
2005
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Brand Upon the Brain!
2006
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Protagonist
2006
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Wild Grass
2008
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Blinkity Blank
1955
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The Wild Blue Yonder
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The Blood of a Poet
1930
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Caligari's Cure
1982
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The Color of Pomegranates
1969
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David Holzman's Diary
1968
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Dreamwood
1972
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The Blood of a Poet