Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali, Number 11 ("Da Sodoma a Hollywood"), April 15-21, 1996

Loosely a periodical, in the sense that this is the annual publication of an event.  This bilingual (Italian/Engish) catalog/program of the 11th year of this festival on the topic "Da Sodoma a Hollywood" contains an extensive list of William S. Burroughs films in the section "Omaggio a William Seward Burroughs", pp. 171-195.

21 Burroughs-related films are listed and discussed including:

• Antony Balch:
• Towers Open Fire
• The Cut-Ups
• Bill and Tony
• William Buys a Parrot
• Ghost at Number 9
• Derek Jarman:
• Pirate Tape
• The Dream Machine
• Gus Van Sant: A Thanksgiving Prayer
• Howard Brookner: Burroughs
• Klaus Maeck:
• Commissioner of Sewers
• Decoder
• Ron Mann: Poetry in Motion
• Maria Beatty: Gang of Souls
• Constanzo Allione: Fried Shoes, Cooked Diamonds
• Joe Ambrose: Destroy All Rational Thought
• Jerry Aronson: The Time and Life of A. Ginsberg
• Chris Rodley: Making Naked Lunch
• Philip Hunt: Ah Pook Is Here
• Nick Donkin: A Junky Christmas
• David Blair: Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
• Peter Christopherson: Just One Fix (Ministry video)

Published in Turin, Italy for the 11th Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali, April, 1996.

This copy acquired from Walter Rovere; much appreciation to Walter for bringing this item to attention.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 19960415TIDF.0.11

Content Overview:

• "Concorso lungometraggi/Features in competition" – 9 films listed
• "Concorso contrometraggi/Shorts in competition" – 18 films listed
• "Concorso documenti/Documentaries in competition" – 8 films listed
• "Panoramiche" – 79 films listed
• "Eventi Speciali/Special Events":
• Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman: "The Celluloid Closet"
• Randal Kleiser: "It's My Party"
• Mario Alves Rebehy: "Su Tutto Va Bene Prendo L'Ultimo Treno"
• "Omaggio a Mae West" – 3 films listed
• "Trailer Programme – Jenni Olson" -- 3 films listed
• "Videodanza/Video Ballet" – 18 films listed
• "Omaggio a William Seward Burroughs" – 21 films listed
• "Retrospettiva: Cinema Italiano degli anni Sessenta" – 26 films listed

Publishing Information (partial): 

• Director: Giovanni Minerba
• Curator: Marco Farano