Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Father Tom Murphy (William S. Burroughs), Drugstore Cowboy, giving a lecture on drugs to Bob (Matt Dillon) (1989).
The film was adapted from autobiographical novel by convicted drug dealer James FogleBurroughs, author of Naked Lunch, is. perfectly typecast in this role. Compare this quote to that in the book The Job, a series of interviews done with Daniel Odier: "Both the physical and social dangers of drug use have been hopelessly confused by the systematic misinformation put out by the press, lurid, stupid lies.... The drug problems is camouflaged and like all problems wouldn't be there if things had been handled right in the beginning."
