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Naked Lunch (Cronenberg)

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Skinopsis

Monique Mercure whips out her mams while smoking a cigar in this surreal mindfuck of a movie adapted by batshit crazy director David Cronenberg from batshit crazy writer William S. Burroughs' batshit crazy novel.

-- Rick Stanko

Review

William Burroughs' 1950s free-form classic, with its nonlinear narration and shocking imagery, had long been thought "unfilmable." Director Cronenberg has done the impossible, for this hallucinatory horror/sci-fi/comedy/drama is a witty and imaginative interpretation. Weller stars as Burroughs' monosyllabic alter ego, Bill Lee, a bug exterminator who, along with his sharp-tongued wife (the amazing Davis), gets hooked on his own bug powder. Lee, swimming in a narcotics-induced paranoia, sees his Remington typewriter come alive in the form of a slimy, bug-shaped creature who informs him that he is really an underground agent on a mission to fight a worldwide "Interzone" conspiracy. This leads him to "travel" to Morocco, where he meets other agents Holm, Sands and, in an additional role, Davis. An audacious and demanding foray into the psyche of a drug-addicted artist that will prove for some to be disgusting and incomprehensible - a response that would have delighted Burroughs.

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DVD Widescreen: $35.99 (Criterion Collection)

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 715515014922
Catalog #: DL1129852

Studio : Fox, Criterion

Languages: English Dolby Digital 2.0 (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.78
Extras: Trailers
Features:
Chapter selection
Digitally mastered
Photo gallery: Special effects
Photo gallery: Production stills
Photo gallery: Marketing materials
Documentaries: "Naked Making Lunch"
Illustrated f/x essay by Cinefex magazine
Audio commentary: David Cronenberg and Peter Weller
Audio commentary: William S. Burroughs' novel excerpts
Booklet: Essays by film critic Janet Maslin, Chris Rodley, Gary Indiana, and a piece by William S. Burroughs