p 　　Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated The film charts the development of Burroughs 三九 unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life, including his travels from the American Midwest to North Africa and several personal tragedies Burroughs: The Movie is the first and only feature length documentary to be made with and about Burroughs The film was directed by the late Howard Brookner It was begun in 一九七八 as Brookner 三九 s senior thesis at NYU film school and then expanded into a feature which was completed 五 years later in 一九八三 Sound was recorded by Jim Jarmusch and the film was shot by Tom DiCillo, fellow NYU classmates and both very close friends of Brookner 三九 s p