
WilliamS.Burroughs:featuringneverbeforeseenfootageaswellasexclusiveinterviewswithhisclosestfriendsandcolleagues.BorntheheiroftheBurroughs'addingmachineestate,hestruggledthroughouthislifewithaddiction,controlsystems,andself.Hewasforcedtodealwiththetragedyofkillinghiswifeandtherepercussionsofneglectinghisson.Hisnovel,NakedLunch,wasoneofthelastbookstobebannedbytheU.S.government.AllenGinsbergandNormanMailertestifiedonbehalfofthebook.Thecourtseventuallyoverturnedtheirdecisionin1966,rulingthatthebookhadanimportantsocialvalue.Itremainsoneofthemostrecognizedliteraryworksofthe20thcentury.WilliamBurroughswasoneofthefirsttocrossthedangerousboundariesofqueeranddrugcultureinthe1950s,andwriteabouthisexperiences.Eventuallyhewashailedthegodfatherofthebeatgenerationandinfluencedartistsforgenerationstocome.However,hisfriendswereleftwondering,didWilliameverfindhappiness?Thisextremelypersonaldocumentarybreaksthesurfaceofthetroubledandbrilliantworldofoneofthegreatestauthorsofalltime."WilliamS.Burroughs:AManWithin"isthefirstandonlyposthumousdocumentaryaboutthislegendaryfigure.WrittenbyYonyLeyser




