It’s too bad all trailers can’t all start out with Burroughs’ soothing drone, “Death smells. I mean, death has a special smell, over and above the smell of cyanide, cordite, blood, carrion of burnt flesh.” The website for William S. Burroughs: A Man Within suggests that the film’s currently in post-production, and
features never before seen footage of William S. Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues including John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurie Anderson, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Sonic Youth, Anne Waldman, George Condo, Hal Willner, James Grauerholz, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, V. Vale, David Ohle, Wayne Propst, Dr. William Ayers, Diane DiPrima, Donovan, Dean Ripa (the world?