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Naked lunch exterminate all rational thought

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, ha...

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Main Author: Coleman, Ornette (Composer)
Corporate Author: Ornette Coleman Trio (Composer)
Other Authors: Cronenberg, David, 1943- (Screenwriter, Director), Thomas, Jeremy (Producer), Shore, Howard (composor.), Weller, Peter, 1947- (Actor), Davis, Judy, 1956- (Actor), Holm, Ian, 1931-2020 (Actor), Sands, Julian (Actor), Mercure, Monique, 1930-2020 (Actor), Scheider, Roy (Actor), Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1991, ℗2017.
Edition:Director-approved special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 220.
Subjects:
Pests > Control > Drama.
Playwriting > Drama.
Drug abuse > Drama.
Science fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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: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.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; enhanced widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround 2.0.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Closed-captioned.
Production Credits:Photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman and the Ornette Coleman Trio.
ISBN:9781681432977
1681432978

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