Product DescriptionThis award-winning documentary about poet, artist, calligrapher and mystic Brion Gysin, portrays the life and legacy of an artist who believed art could revolutionize human consciousness. FLICKER chronicles Gysin’s complex ideas, friendships and influence with some of the 20th century’s key counterculture figures, such as William S. Burroughs, Kurt Cobain and Marianne Faithful. Featuring greats like Burroughs (in archival footage), singer Marianne Faithfull, singer/artist Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, poet John Giorno, punk rocker Iggy Pop, filmmaker Kenneth Anger and artist/turntablist DJ Spooky, FLICKER is a hypnotic documentary. Taking the dream machine as the basis of its explorations, this film asks crucial questions about the nature of art and consciousness, and imagines humanity liberated to explore its creativity in complete freedom. - Actors: Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Kenneth Anger, Lee Ranaldo
- Director: Nik Sheehan
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 0
- Release Date: 2009-07-14
- Running Time: 75 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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