简介：This1993documentaryconceivedanddirectedbyCatherineWarnowandReginaWeinreichisanattimesdisturbingbutalwaysfascinatingportraitoftheenigmaticandreclusiveauthorwhomanycalltheoriginalexpatriateandthegodfatheroftheBeatGeneration.UsingtheenvironmentofpresentdayTangiersasaspringboard,thefilmchartsthelifeofPaulBowles,fromhisprivilegedupbringingtohispromisingcareerasacelebratedcomposeronBroadwayin1930sand'40sNewYorktohismoveatthesuggestionofGertrudeSteinintotheexpatriatecommunityofMorocco,amysteriouslandandculturefromwhichBowlesneverleft.Bowlesisseenintheenvironmentthatmostsuitshim;ashesays,"Inevermakeplans;theymakethemselves."ThedocumentaryalsodetailsthecomplexandtumultuousrelationshipbetweentheauthorofsuchseminalworksasTheShelteringSky,DelicatePrey,andWithoutStoppingandhiswifeJane,fromherattemptsatwritingandheralcoholismtotheirrespectiveaffairswithbothmenandwomen.FeaturingtestimonialsfromsuchnotablesasBeatpoetAllenGinsberg,whatemergesinPaulBowles:TheCompleteOutsiderisanindispensableandevocativeportraitofoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthiscentury.…