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Dream Machine (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 35 mins

  • Director: John Maybury; Derek Jarman; Michael Kostiff; Cerith Wyn Evans
  • Producer: James Mackay

CGiii Comment

4 directors...and, if this is anything to go by, not an ounce of talent between them...

Illustious names can get away with any old junk...just as long as they label it: Art.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A short non-narrative film made to commemorate the visit of Burroughs and Gysin to the UK. The film consists of four films by four filmmakers: Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, John Maybury, Cerith Wyn Evans, linked by footage of Brion Gysin and Ian Somerville’s Dream Machine.

Consists of multiple short vignettes: Witches Song (1979), Broken English (1979), Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (1979), Pirate Tape (Derek Jarman, 1983) and T.G.: Psychic Rally In Heaven (Derek Jarman, 1981).

Cast & Characters

William S. Burroughs as Himself;
Marianne Faithfull as Herself;
FM Einheit as Himself;
Brion Gysin as Himself;
Gerald Incandela as Himself;
Jean-Marc Prouveur as Himself