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- In 1978, Howard Brookner, director and film producer, interviewed William S. Burroughs for his film, titled “Burroughs: The Movie,” a documentary about Burroughs’ life and work. Side A: In this recording, dated October 23, 1978, Burroughs and his companions spend some time exploring the scrapbooks he has kept for the past 15 years, describing some of the contents such as images of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, the circus, Denton Welch, and the photo, found in 1975 by James Grauerholz on the street, of a boy in gym clothes printed with "Middletown" which matched a dream Burroughs had had before the photo was discovered. For the rest of the recording, Burroguhs and his companions discuss a variety of topics including, the city of Boulder, Colorado, horses, crime, fishing, and Burroughs' memories of the food he ate from childhood to adulthood. Side B: In this recording, Burroughs and his companions discuss cooking fish, cooking lobster, unidentified flying objects, Burroughs' education, salad dressings, and Turkish grape wine versus Greek grape wine.
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- Side A: background noise can be heard from approximately 28:27 minutes and continues until approximately 29:13 minutes
- Side B: periodic gaps in the recording
- Side A: background noise resumes at approximately 28:18 minutes and continues until approximately 29:40
- Side B: sounds of individuals eating can be heard periodically throughout the recording starting at 17:00 minutes
- Side A: silence from approximately 34:28 minutes until the end of the recording at 34:38 minutes
- Side B: background noise can be heard from approximately 17:01 minutes and continues until approximately 17:59 minutes
- Side A: periodic gaps in the recording
- Side B: silence can be heard from approximately 15:21 minutes and continues until approximately 16:54 minutes
- Side: jingling can be heard at approximately 15:03 and continues periodically until approximately 16:03 minutes
- Side A: sound of water runnign can be heard at approximately 27:09 minutes and continues until approximately 27:25 minutes
- Side A: dogs can be periodically heard barking at 20:11 minutes and continues until approximately 20:47 minutes
- Side A: loud feedback starts at approximately 22:07 minutes and until 22:18 minutes
- Side B: sound of clapperboard an be heard throughout the recording
- Side A: silence heard from approximately 16:54 minutes and continues until approximately 18:18 minutes
- Side A: sound of clapperboard can be heard periodically throughout the recording
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- According to James W. Grauerholz, executor of William S. Burroughs' estate, the audio tracks were Howard Brookner's safety copies of his sound rolls for the film “Burroughs: The Movie”
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- SPEC_RARE_CMS_87_audiofile_21
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- Item digitized from Box 57, William S. Burroughs Papers (WSB97), Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University Libraries
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- 00:34:38 [Side A]
- 00:33:23 [Side B]
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- Users may access the recordings on site in an Ohio State University Libraries’ reading room.
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- This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
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