An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.

The Act of Reading

2021

English

6.1

♡ 3

95%

Mark Blumberg Director

Vicki Hebert as Self

Samuel Otter as Self

Elizabeth Doss as Self / Herman Melville

John Cleary as Self / Socrates

A retired high school English teacher is confronted by a former student who failed her class 15 years prior. He then involves her in a feature-length presentation on Moby-Dick and the science of reading.

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