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
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