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Finally, the film gets surrealistic and even incorporates the William Tell scene from Burroughs' own life.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024
There is Rat Island, nothing more than a pile of rocks with a strange statue of the Swiss folk hero William Tell.
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2021
As the movie opens, Isaac’s character, William Tell, explains how he came to learn his trade: in military prison, where he’s been serving a sentence that only later comes fully into focus.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021
Whenever William Tell goes to a new motel, he rearranges the room and covers every last piece of furniture in white sheets, meticulously draped and tied.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021
I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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