Alexander Trocchi

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Wholly Communion
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Wholly Communion

Dec 31, 1965
A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets together under one roof at the Royal Albert Hall on June 11, 1965, for an evening of near-hallucinatory revelry. It came to be seen as one of the cultural high points of the Swinging Sixties.
Towers Open Fire
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Towers Open Fire

Dec 27, 1963
Antony Balch tackles key themes and ideas from the writing of William S. Burroughs in a unique, cinematic style.
Science Fiction
Cain's Film
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Cain's Film

Jul 29, 1969
A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the old Arts Laboratory and includes a discussion with William Burroughs. A portrait of Alexander Trocchi, covering his history as a writer, his interest in drugs, his family life, and ‘Sigma’, the organisation he founded to bring together like-minded people.
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