The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Darkish Claymation Christmas Movie Produced by way of Francis Ford Coppola (1993)

Again in 1993, the Beat author William S. Bur­roughs wrote and nar­rat­ed a 21-minute clay­ma­tion Christ­mas movie unusual­ly professional­duced by way of Fran­cis Ford Cop­po­l. a.. And, as you’ll neatly imag­ine, it’s no longer your nor­mal hap­py Christ­mas flick. Nope, this movie – The Junky’s Christ­mas – is all about Dan­new york the Automotive­wiper, a junkie, who spends Christ­mas Day check out­ing to attain a repair. Even­tu­al­ly he reveals the Christ­mas spir­it when he stocks some mor­phine with a tender guy suf­fer­ing from child­ney stones, giv­ing him the “immac­u­overdue repair.” There you may have it. Hap­py hol­i­days.…

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