William S. Burroughs — Playwright (4)
Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited (2019) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited
director: Tom Huckabee / Kent Smith actor: 比尔·帕克斯顿 / 布赖恩·马西
other title: 智取虎山:重访版 / Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited
In a dystopian future, Europe is unified under a totalitarian patriarchy, where each town is assigned a single economic purpose. In Brendovery, Wales the occupation is prostitution. Arriving by train from London is Billy Hampton, a young American expatriate and draft evader (Bill Paxton in his first lead role), ostensibly there to enjoy a sex-filled holiday. Unknown to him he is a time bomb assassin, programmed by a feminist terrorist cell to assassinate the local minister of prostitution.
The Cut Ups (1966) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
The Cut-Ups
director: Antony Balch actor: 威廉·S·伯勒斯 / Brion Gysin
other title: The Cut-Ups
Essentially a dizzying montage of quirky shots of legendary Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs and noted surrealist artist Brion Gysin, this nearly 20 minute avant-garde short features repeated articulations of such random things as "Hello," "Where are we now?," and "Look at that picture" instead of music or standard dialogue. The narrative is decidedly nonlinear and perplexing, with no discernible plot whatsoever as we see images of Gysin working on his paintings and calligraphic designs and Burroughs rummaging through draws, packing a suitcase, giving a young man a physical, making a call in a phone booth, and waiting on a platform for a subway train.