”The film alludes to the author’s accidental shooting of his second wife, Joan Vollmer, but doesn’t reckon with it in any real way. It’s there for the same reason as the Cobain songs and the bugs from Naked Lunch that turn up from time to time. These are things that people associate with William S. Burroughs, so they’ve got to be in the movie somewhere.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 12/05/2024