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This
was a shot I took of William Burroughs in London at a BBC taping of a production
we did of the Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial. Burroughs played Judge Julius
Hoffman, and I played Abbie Hoffman. I hadn't been warned yet of his superstitious
aversion to being photographed. We worked with him some on a stage production
Naked Lunch, though I always found it hard not to stare at him, particularly
when he was smoking. His hands and arms consistently moved on straight angles
- straight up.stop.straight in.inhale.straight out.straight down.exhale.
All very alien I thought. |