FILMPTPirate Tape1982

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How Long Is “Pirate Tape”?

Name: Pirate Tape
Released: 1982
Duration: 17 min
Cast: William S. Burroughs, Peter Christopherson, FM Einheit

17m runtime

198217m

film with a runtime of 17 minutes, released in 1982. Presented in English.

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Runtime17m

Minutes17

One SittingYes

With Break29m

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Derek Jarman's film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend the legendary Final Academy events at the South London Ritzy Cinema. These were Burroughs-themed art and performance nights curated by Psychic TV. Jarman’s film shows Burroughs on Tottenham Court Road signing autographs with fans and inside a shop buying alcohol. The industrial soundtrack by Psychic TV features a sample of Burroughs repeating "boys, school showers and swimming pools full of 'em'". Additional footage shot by Jarman during Burroughs' visit is reported to have been confiscated by Scotland Yard in 1991 and remains lost. Jarman and Psychic TV would continue to collaborate (“magic bound us together” Jarman wrote), with Jarman directing the music video for Catalan 1984 and staring as the spokesperson for the Psychic TV film Force the Hand of Chance - Message 1982.

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Runtime17m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break29m

Movie Facts

Release Year1982

Runtime17m

LanguageEnglish

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