Naked lunch : exterminate all rational thought

Cronenberg, David, 1943- (screenwriter,, director.). Thomas, Jeremy, (producer.). Shore, Howard, (composor.). Coleman, Ornette, (composer.). Weller, Peter, 1947- (actor.). Davis, Judy, 1956- (actor.). Holm, Ian, 1931-2020 (actor.). Sands, Julian, (actor.). Mercure, Monique, 1930- (actor.). Scheider, Roy, (actor.). Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 Naked lunch. (Added Author). Ornette Coleman Trio, (composer.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (film distributor.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Zelniker, Robert A. Silverman, Joseph Scorsiani, Roy Scheider. (Cast).

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 details

ISBN: 9781681432977
ISBN: 1681432978
Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Director-approved special edition.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1991, ℗2017.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	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.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. The movie -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman and the Ornette Coleman Trio.
Participant or Performer Note:	Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Zelniker, Robert A. Silverman, Joseph Scorsiani, Roy Scheider.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R. Closed-captioned.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; enhanced widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround 2.0.
Language Note:	English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.