Naked lunch (DVD) : exterminate all rational thought / 20th Century Fox ; Jeremy Thomas presents a film by David Cronenberg ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; written and directed by David Cronenberg.
Edition:
Director-approved special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
1991, ℗2017
Description:
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Based on the book by William S. Burroughs. Special features: [disc 1] Feature film and audio commentary by Cronenberg and Weller ; [disc 2] "Naked making lunch" a 1992 documentary by Chris Radley about the making of the film, special effects gallery, featuring artwork and photos alongside an essay by Cinefex editor Jody Duncan, collection of original marketing materials, audio recording of William S. Burroughs reading from his novel Naked Lunch, gallery of photos taken by Allen Ginsberg of Burroughs, film stills gallery, Plus: an essay by film critic Janet Maslin. Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Zelniker, Robert A. Silverman, Joseph Scorsiani, Roy Scheider.
Contents:
Disc 1. The movie -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Summary:
Part-time pest-control man and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Weller) seeks escape from his troubled existence in 1953 New York and flees to Interzone (a hallucinatory version of Tangiers) where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by mugwumps, half-alien, half-insect creatures, man-sized centipedes, carnivorous typewriters and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book called "Naked lunch."
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.