Yony Leyser Quotes

• I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged carpet cleaner named Bill, who lived with his Mom, and his love affair with Anna, a drug-addicted prostitute. I made that when I was 16.

  Yony Leyser

  Mom, Art, School

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• Slamdance actually is indie and rebellious. Sundance obviously felt threatened.

  Yony Leyser

  Rebellious, Sundance, Threatened

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures that were already guaranteed a theatrical release.

  Yony Leyser

  Dollars, Rebellious, Program

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• All of William S. Burroughs friends pushed it forward and introduced me to one another. I was able to enter into that beat family for a while and document it.

  Yony Leyser

  Able, Beats, Burroughs

  Source: www.outsideleft.com

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• After I got kicked out of CalArts, I moved to Lawrence Kansas where my sister lived. I began working on A William S. Burroughs documentary. I had no idea it would turn into such a big film.

  Yony Leyser

  Ideas, Kansas, Documentaries

  Source: www.outsideleft.com

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• Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s!

  Yony Leyser

  Artist, Breaking Away, Burroughs

  Source: www.outsideleft.com

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• [Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and relevant, especially [William] Burroughs.

  Yony Leyser

  Sales Person, Ginsberg, Pops

  Source: www.outsideleft.com

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• I picked up On The Road, Howl, and Naked Lunch (in that order) in high school. I was blown away. The writing was amazing and the places it took me was even more far out. It opened up new avenues of thinking for me and so I went down the beaten road.

  Yony Leyser

  Writing, School, Thinking

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).

  Yony Leyser

  Art, Pieces, Controversial

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• I like documenting people who can break away from the conformist boring world we are stuck in and either live their life in a much more far out way or create art that critiques it well.

  Yony Leyser

  Art, People, World

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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