Description |
1 online resource (12 min.) |
Series |
LGBT studies in video |
Summary |
At once wry travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, The Japanese sandman is a visual interpretation of a letter William S. Burroughs wrote in 1953 to Allen Ginsberg (from the collection The Yage Letters). Told through Burroughs' incisive voice, cocaine snorting in Panama and post-prom handjobs in 1931 St. Louis becomes a meditation on loss, memory and the human condition. Actor/ performance artist John Fleck leads a stand-out cast through Burroughs recounting of scoring opiates, whores and boys in Panama and, in the letter's P.S., a love affair with farm boy Billy Bradshinkel in the Ozark's of his youth. Imperial Teen's Roddy Bottum provides the lively and compelling score |
Credits |
Director: Ed Buhr; writer: William S. Burroughs; director of photography: Davon Slininger; art director: Robert Prior; editor: Jennifer Calbi; original music: Roddy Bottum; costume designer: Eleanor Estes; make-up & hair: Keston Ridley; additional make-up & hair: Rachel McGoldrick; production: Emily White, Brittany Klaus, Amanda Ferguson |
Performer |
John Fleck, Stephen Twardokus, Nick Niven, Amy O'Neill, Sam Slovick, Cristina Nava, Darcey Leonard, Leigh Rose, Ray Lopez, Ferd Eggan, Amanda Ferguson, Eleanor Estes, Keston Ridley |
Notes |
This edition in English |
Subject |
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 -- Drama
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SUBJECT |
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 fast |
Genre/Form |
Feature films
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Drama
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Fiction films
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Short films
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Short films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Courts métrages.
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Films de fiction.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Bottum, Roddy, 1963- composer (expression)
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Buhr, Ed, director
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Fleck, John, 1951- actor.
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Inspired by (work): Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Correspondence. Selections.
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Frameline (Firm), film distributor.
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