Derek Jarmans film portrait of American writer William S Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend the legendary Final Academy events at the South London Ritzy Cinema These were Burroughsthemed art and performance nights curated by Psychic TV Jarmans film shows Burroughs on Tottenham Court Road signing autographs with fans and inside a shop buying alcohol The industrial soundtrack by Psychic TV features a sample of Burroughs repeating boys school showers and swimming pools full of em Additional footage shot by Jarman during Burroughs visit is reported to have been confiscated by Scotland Yard in 1991 and remains lost Jarman and Psychic TV would continue to collaborate magic bound us together Jarman wrote with Jarman directing the music video for Catalan and staring as the spokesperson in the Psychic TV video A Spokesman for the Temple of Psychick Youth
