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Cult Epics presents on the Centennial of Burroughs Birth 'In the Dreamachine' for the first time on DVD. The Dreamachine created in the early 1960s by artist Brion Gysin and mathematician Ian Sommerville is possibly the most effective of all the brain-wave simulators, which can create hallucinations and induced visions, without the use of drugs. When Beatnik writer William S. Burroughs (Junkie, Naked Lunch) introduced it to a wider audience in the 1980s it became a phenomenon in the underground scene, and was re-introduced by Dr. David Woodard in the 1990s when he started re-creating the Dreamachines. In this document filmmaker and photographer Jon Aes-Nihil films Woodard and Burroughs at LACMA, Los Angeles, California (1996, featuring Allen Ginsberg and Leonardo DiCaprio), the Nova Convention, Lawrence, Kansas (1996) and visits Burroughs at his home (1997), recording the last footage of him, in a conversation on drugs and government policies, 6 months prior to his passing.Cult Epics presents on the Centennial of Burroughs Birth 'In the Dreamachine' for the first time on DVD. Media Bonus Materials Burroughs Still Photo Gallery Dr. David Woodward Dreamachine Installation (Freud Museum of Dreams, St Petersburg, Russia 2007) Cast & Crew Actors: William S. Burroughs Allen Ginsberg Leonardi DiCaprio Director: John Aes-Nihil Additional Details Label: Cult Epics Genre: Documentary Language: English Run Time: 70 mins Release Date: 04/14/15 UPC: 881190013496
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William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015)
65 min
Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream machine, which simulates the electric pulses of the human brain to elicit hallucinations and dream-like imagery while the user's eyes are closed.