Naked lunch

Naked lunch

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-alie...

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Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Recorded Picture Company., Naked Lunch Productions Limited., Ornette Coleman Trio., London Weekend Television (Firm)
Other Authors: Thomas, Jeremy., Cronenberg, David, 1943-, Weller, Peter, 1947-, Davis, Judy, 1956-, Holm, Ian, 1931-, Sands, Julian., Scheider, Roy., Suschitzky, Peter., Sanders, Ronald., Shore, Howard., Coleman, Ornette., Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Language:English
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Criterion collection ; 220.
Subjects:
Playwriting > Drama.
Drug abuse > Drama.
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."
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1991 British/Canadian motion picture by Recorded Picture Company (Productions) and Naked Lunch Productions.
Based on the book by William S. Burroughs.
Special features: [disc 1] Audio commentary by Cronenberg and Weller ; [disc 2] "Naked making lunch" a London Weekend Television documentary, illustrated essay about special effects by Jody Duncan, stills gallery, marketing materials, W.S. Burrough's audio recording of excerpts from the novel, and archival stills of Burroughs.
Accompanying guide includes essays by critics Janet Maslin, Chris Radley and Gary Indiana and a piece by W.S. Burroughs.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Format:DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman and the Ornette Coleman Trio.
Published: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
ISBN:1559409479
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