29 Apr 2017
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How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.
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Peter Weller Self - Narrator
Iggy Pop Self
Jello Biafra Self
Laurie Anderson Self
Patti Smith Self
Genesis P-Orridge Self
Allen Ginsberg Self (archive footage)
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