Pirate Tape
1983, English. Directed by Derek Jarman.
Derek Jarman's 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 Burroughs-themed art and performance nights curated by Psychic TV. Jarman’s 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.
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- 0h 17m
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- 1 January 1983
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Pirate Tape runs 17 minutes (0h 17m).
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Pirate Tape isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1983. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Pirate Tape?
Pirate Tape (1983) was directed by Derek Jarman and stars William S. Burroughs, Peter Christopherson, FM Einheit.