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Pirate Tape

01/01/1983

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0hr 17min

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Documentary

STORY

Derek Jarman's film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend the legendary Final Academy events at the South London Ritzy Cinema. These were Burroughs-themed art and performance nights curated by Psychic TV. Jarman’s film shows Burroughs on Tottenham Court Road signing autographs with fans and inside a shop buying alcohol. The industrial soundtrack by Psychic TV features a sample of Burroughs repeating "boys, school showers and swimming pools full of 'em'". Additional footage shot by Jarman during Burroughs' visit is reported to have been confiscated by Scotland Yard in 1991 and remains lost. Jarman and Psychic TV would continue to collaborate (“magic bound us together” Jarman wrote), with Jarman directing the music video for Catalan and staring as the spokesperson in the Psychic TV video A Spokesman for the Temple of Psychick Youth.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • William S. Burroughs
  • Peter Christopherson
  • FM Einheit

    Director

  • Derek Jarman

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Peter Christopherson

FM Einheit

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