Brion Gysin Movies

  • 1986
    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

    Ornette: Made in America

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    Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

    Ornette: Made in America
  • 1982
    Psychic TV: First Transmission

    Psychic TV: First Transmission

    Psychic TV: First Transmission

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    For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First...

    Psychic TV: First Transmission
  • 1984
    Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

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    An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion...

    Burroughs: The Movie
  • 2009
    FLicKeR

    FLicKeR

    FLicKeR

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    In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations, drugless highs, and revolutionize...

    FLicKeR
  • 1966
    The Cut-Ups

    The Cut-Ups

    The Cut-Ups

    6.81966HD

    Essentially a dizzying montage of quirky shots of legendary Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs and noted surrealist artist Brion Gysin, this...

    The Cut-Ups
  • 1986
    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

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    A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...

    The Dream Machine
  • 1984
    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

    The Final Academy Documents

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    Documentation of the showcase titled 'The Final Academy', filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies...

    The Final Academy Documents
  • 1982
    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

    Ghost at No. 9

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    Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...

    Ghost at No. 9
  • 1998
    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    Destroy All Rational Thought

    6.31998HD

    The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri...

    Destroy All Rational Thought