Energy and How to Get It (1981)
Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about Robert Golka, an engineer who was experimenting with ball lightning and the development of fusion as an energy force, was turned into a spoof on the documentary form, inserting fictional characters into the story such as the Energy Czar (William Burroughs), and a Hollywood agent (filmmaker Robert Downey). (mfah.org)
Director: Robert Frank
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William S. Burroughs as |
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Dr. John as |
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Allan Moyle as |
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Robert Downey Sr. as |
| Directing | Robert Frank | Director |
| Writing | Rudy Wurlitzer | Writer |