When writer William S Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met Anthony Balch at the Beat Hotel in Paris at the start of the sixties, they knew they had the ideal person to assist them in translating the ideas they had explored in experimental art forms to film. A legendary figure in British film, Balch was renowned for his bizarre experimentation with the European art/exploitation he acquired. This unique collection comprimises all the films he made during that lengthy period of collaboration between Burroughs, Gysin, and Balch. In addition, the video includes a 50 minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film and superimpositions, material from the extensive archive of Psychic TV, and to which Genesis added the distinctive soundtrack. watch
When writer William S Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met Anthony Balch at the Beat Hotel in Paris at the start of the sixties, they knew they had the ideal person to assist them in translating the ideas they had explored in experimental art forms to film. A legendary figure in British film, Balch was renowned for his bizarre experimentation with the European art/exploitation he acquired. This unique collection comprimises all the films he made during that lengthy period of collaboration between Burroughs, Gysin, and Balch. In addition, the video includes a 50 minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film and superimpositions, material from the extensive archive of Psychic TV, and to which Genesis added the distinctive soundtrack. watch
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Length: 01:21:00
Posted: 5/8/2009
The story of writer William Seward Burroughs and his wife. watch
