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Naked Lunch - Criterion Collection (DVD) |
Naked Lunch - Criterion Collection (DVD) | Actors: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider
Director: David Cronenberg
Rating: R
Format: DVD
Language: English
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The dry wit of writer William S. Burroughs transfers surprisingly well to the screen. This partially biographical celluloid interpretation of his book shows Burroughs's daring and delirium as one of the experimental beat writers (with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg) who emerged in the late 1950s. In the lead role, Peter Weller does a dead-on Burroughs impression, and the film follows a bizarre logic and has a dark, rich look that makes it one of director David Cronenberg's more satisfying works. Bill Lee (Weller) is a pest-control man who would rather be a writer, and he is seeking escape from his troubled existence. After killing his wife, he flees to Interzone, a hallucinatory version of Tangiers (the location where Burroughs penned the book). There he finds that reality and fantasy have merged in a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by half-alien, half-insect creatures and odd humans. And finally, in this altered state, Lee can become a writer. Like other Cronenberg films, NAKED LUNCH is a bit squishy; it is full of pervasive biological dread. And this film is not exactly faithful to the novel. Instead, Cronenberg provides it with a neat framework that begins and ends with Lee shooting his wife Joan (Judy Davis) during a botched William Tell routine, just as Burroughs did in real life. DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Stereo - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. David Cronenberg - Director, Peter Weller - Star Featurette B-Roll Montage TV Spots Theatrical Trailer Text / Image Galleries: Special Effects Stills Gallery Production Stills Gallery Excerpts From the Novel Read By William S. Burroughs
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