{"id":3586,"date":"2005-10-13T14:39:47","date_gmt":"2005-10-13T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:32:16","slug":"ah-pook-is-here-by-william-s-burroughs-phillip-hunt-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/ah-pook-is-here-by-william-s-burroughs-phillip-hunt-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah Pook is Here by William S. Burroughs (Phillip Hunt film)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Superb short film by Phillip Hunt. Narration by William S. Burroughs. Music by JJ. Cale.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gen7_djK7eg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Transcript after the Jump<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I become Death, Death is the seed from which I grow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Itzama, spirit of early mist and showers.<br \/>\nIxtaub, goddess of ropes and snares.<br \/>\nIxchel, the spider web, catcher of morning dew.<br \/>\nZooheekock, virgin fire patroness of infants.<br \/>\nAdziz, the master of cold.<br \/>\nKockupocket, who works in fire.<br \/>\nIxtahdoom, she who spits out precious stones.<br \/>\nIxchunchan, the dangerous one.<br \/>\nAh Pook, the destroyer.<\/p>\n<p>Hiroshima, 1945, August 6, sixteen minutes past 8 AM.<\/p>\n<p>Who really gave that order?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Control.<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The Ugly American.<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The instrument of Control.<\/p>\n<p>Question: If Control\u2019s control is absolute, why does Control need to control?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Control\u2026 needs time.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Is Control controlled by its need to control?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Why does Control need humans, as you call them?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Wait\u2026 wait! Time, a landing field. Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.<\/p>\n<p>And what does Death need time for?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: The answer is sooo simple. Death needs time for what it kills to grow in, for Ah Pook\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Death needs time for what it kills to grow in, for Ah Pook\u2019s sweet sake, you stupid vulgar greedy ugly American death-sucker.<\/p>\n<p>Death needs time for what it kills to grow in, for Ah Pook\u2019s sweet sake, you stupid vulgar greedy ugly American death-sucker\u2026 Like this.<\/p>\n<p>We have a new type of rule now. Not one man rule, or rule of aristocracy, or plutocracy, but of small groups elevated to positions of absolute power by random pressures and subject to political and economic factors that leave little room for decision. They are representatives of abstract forces\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>[Ah Pook picks up a double-barrel shotgun and opens the breech, where two shells are chambered. It closes the breech.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026who\u2019ve reached power through surrender of self. The iron-willed dictator is a thing of the past. There will be no more Stalins, no more Hitlers. The rulers of this most insecure of all worlds are rulers by accident\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>[Ah Pook is caressing the shotgun.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026inept, frightened pilots at the controls of a\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>[Ah Pook puts the shotgun into its mouth, and its voice continues]:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026vast machine they cannot understand, calling in experts to tell them which buttons to push.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Ah Pook pulls the trigger.]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochblog.com\/2007\/03\/22\/ah_pook_is_here\/\">http:\/\/www.ochblog.com\/2007\/03\/22\/ah_pook_is_here\/<\/a> (with thanks)<!-- align--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superb short film by Phillip Hunt. Narration by William S. Burroughs. Music by JJ. Cale. 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