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A Short Conversation from the Grave with Joan Burroughs
A Short Conversation from the Grave with Joan Burroughs

A SHORT CONVERSATION FROM THE GRAVE WITH JOAN BURROUGHS

Directed by Patti Podesta
United States, 1990
Short, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

A Short Conversation from the Grave with Joan Burroughs is a fictive work examining the persona of Joan Vollmer, the common-law wife of William Burroughs, whom he shot and killed during a game of “William Tell” while the two were living in Mexico.

Synopsis

A Short Conversation from the Grave with Joan Burroughs is a fictive work examining the persona of Joan Vollmer, the common-law wife of William Burroughs, whom he shot and killed during a game of “William Tell” while the two were living in Mexico.