Tag: Dreamachine

DVD: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015)

DVD: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015)

July 28, 2015 | By

John Aes-Nihil’s best-known work is the surreal re-enactment film Manson Family Movies (1984), which has its compelling moments and is fairly straightforward in structure, but this current documentary, co-directed with David Woodward…

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DVD: FLicKeR (2008)

DVD: FLicKeR (2008)

July 28, 2015 | By

Based on the book by John Geiger, Nik Sheehan’s documentary presents a pretty thorough examination of inventor Brion Gysin and his trippy gizmo, the dreamachine, a perforated spinning cylinder with an internal light bulb that mimics the sine wave which supposedly induces a dream-like state when one leans close with closed eyes, fully conscious…

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