Paranoid Alice - Superglue (music vid) William S. Burroughs, The Cut Ups'' (1966)
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Paranoid Alice - Superglue (music vid) William S. Burroughs, The Cut Ups'' (1966)
Debut Album: Mental Illness For The Masses https://open.spotify.com/artist/78j13yWCkTuW9trZhwt9Aa?fbclid=PAAaY0sY7Ce9lNsn0OLVi221AlnyzHJIwi2SeghcFtcPyEAMQQJFr1q_z32hU
The 1966 short The Cut-Ups is probably avant-garde writer William Burrough’s best-known foray into experimental film, which he made with filmmaker and renowned smut/horror distributor Antony Balch. The film features random, repetitive shots of Burroughs in New York, London and Tangiers spliced together in precise lengths but with little regard for the content of the image. The audio is a cut-up conversation with the words “Yes” and “Hello,” getting looped over and over and over again.
The film is a trippy, mesmerizing experience. The mind struggles to make sense of the chaos. It feels like you’re watching a dream that has somehow short-circuited. Also starring Brion Gysin, a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices such as The Dreamachine.
When the film first premiered, film audiences were reportedly freaked out. Some declared that the movie made them feel ill while others demanded their money back. You can watch it for free above. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
Debut Album: Mental Illness For The Masses https://open.spotify.com/artist/78j13yWCkTuW9trZhwt9Aa?fbclid=PAAaY0sY7Ce9lNsn0OLVi221AlnyzHJIwi2SeghcFtcPyEAMQQJFr1q_z32hU
The 1966 short The Cut-Ups is probably avant-garde writer William Burrough’s best-known foray into experimental film, which he made with filmmaker and renowned smut/horror distributor Antony Balch. The film features random, repetitive shots of Burroughs in New York, London and Tangiers spliced together in precise lengths but with little regard for the content of the image. The audio is a cut-up conversation with the words “Yes” and “Hello,” getting looped over and over and over again.
The film is a trippy, mesmerizing experience. The mind struggles to make sense of the chaos. It feels like you’re watching a dream that has somehow short-circuited. Also starring Brion Gysin, a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices such as The Dreamachine.
When the film first premiered, film audiences were reportedly freaked out. Some declared that the movie made them feel ill while others demanded their money back. You can watch it for free above. Don’t say you weren’t warned.