Hot off the presses! Film adaptation of _Queer_!

This is a repost from the following website: http://technoccult.net/archives/2010/05/12/steve-buscemi-directing-adaptation-of-william-s-burroughss-queer/

Steve Buscemi directing adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s Queer

"Now this is an interesting story. At the Sarasota Film Festival last week, Steve Buscemi lead a live stage reading of the script for his new project Queer, written by The Messenger director Oren Moverman based on the William S. Burroughs novel. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (via The Playlist) attended the event and provides a recap of the night. Apparently Buscemi is to direct the film, his fifth feature, and brought Stanley Tucci, Ben Foster, John Ventimiglia (The Funeral) and Lisa Joyce (The Messenger) in to read the script for the audience, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re cast in this, although he’ll probably consider them."

Discussion Questions for Third and Final Day of _Queer_

- What is yage? Why is important to Lee?

- What does Lee have to say about queerness and the Cold War?

Post yours below, please.

Discussion Questions for Day One of _Queer_

Here re some discussion questions for _Queer_. Please add yours to the list below. And remember, we will be returning to "Pkhentz" at the beginning of class, so feel free to add to or modify the questions you posted on Thursday.

- How does Burroughs distinguish himself as author from the somewhat autobiographical hero of his novel? (xii-xvi)

- What is the unmentioned event that “[motivates] and [forms]” Queer? (xviii) How does it seep into the text?

-What is the nature of time in Queer? Close-read pp. 18-19.

- What is the role of the “exotic” and how does it bind desire to racial alterity or otherness?