NOVA EXPRESS: “Last Words of Hassan Sabbah“ by William S. Burroughs

An excerpt from draft 6 of “NOVA EXPRESS“ a film by Andre Perkowski based on the writings of William S. Burroughs Readings by William S. Burroughs (plus End Titles, Post Script of The Regulator) music by Kristin Palker & Andre Perkowski This was one of the earliest sections I started working on in 1999, at that point it was shards of 16mm prints I had found in the trash intercut with Bolex-shot projections and superimpositions of “Towers Open Fire“ and “Guerrilla Conditions“ footage -- over the years it picked up many swollen appendages and additions, layers of Super-8 footage, paintings, scrawls and SVHS tapes played on VHS decks leading to generous dollops of distortion and discoloration. Gee, I really should fix that bit where the music drops out for the DVD, hmm NOVA EXPRESS is currently three hours long and continues folding, shifting, and permutating. Thanks to: James Grauerholz Oliver Harris Jan Herman Keith Seward Carl Weissner Barry Miles Philip Proctor Graham Rae The story so far: