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Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015)
The Eye! THE EYE!
A well-made documentary about 'The Residents'. Contains fantastic footage, high caliber interviews and just the right sense of humor. Those who are looking for an expose will be disappointed (though I feel like you can draw some reasonably intelligent conclusions if you're looking), this is really more of a love letter to the band, or perhaps even a great introduction.
The Residents can be hard to stomach sometimes, and even then I've found a lot of their digital work hasn't aged terribly well, but Hardy does a great job of editing down and keeping the pace up and interest/energy high.
The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999)
Captivating to watch
The best (and seemingly only coherent) documentary on the Beat Generation and their affect on the world and modern literature. Its strength lies in the great plundering of archive material that doesn't restrict itself to the usual photos and clips. All three actors deliver amazing performances during the readings (esp. Dennis Hopper as Burroughs).
8/10!
Traceroute (2016)
I'm not sure...
I'm not sure I need radioactive glass harvested by a crazy redneck.
I'm not sure I need to experience the energy drink wars of the early 2000s.
I'm not sure I need cheese made out of human bacteria.
I'm not sure I need burlesque art on the International Space Station.
I'm not sure I need to experience ontological panic in New Mexico.
But a guy being DICK-SLAPPED BY A DRAGON COCK? I NEED THAT! 7 of 10!
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Film succeeds admirably.
Leyser is clearly a Burroughs acolyte, and he taps into the man's sensibility: The abstract stop-motion animation by Aimee Goguen and Dillon Markey creates aptly crazy interludes between interviews and archival bits, which include avantgarde movies Burroughs made when was a relative youth (even if he never quite looked like one). There is a wealth of anecdotal material. Like his subject, Leyser strives to disengage from the conventional, while still being lucid. He succeeds admirably.