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

[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.

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.

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

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

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.

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