| Description |
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 220 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 220.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital surround. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Zelniker, Robert A. Silverman, Joseph Scorsiani, Roy Scheider. |
| Credits |
Photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman and the Ornette Coleman Trio. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. |
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Based on the book by William S. Burroughs. |
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Accompanying guide includes essays by critics Janet Maslin, Chris Radley and Gary Indiana and a piece by W.S. Burroughs. |
| 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." |
| Note |
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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Subject |
Pests -- Control -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Playwriting -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Drug abuse -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Cronenberg, David, 1943-
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Thomas, Jeremy.
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Weller, Peter, 1947-
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Davis, Judy, 1956-
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Holm, Ian, 1931-
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Sands, Julian.
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Scheider, Roy.
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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Naked lunch.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Naked lunch (Motion picture)
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Naked making lunch.
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| ISBN |
1559409479 |
| Standard No. |
715515014922 |
| Music No. |
CC1599D Criterion Collection |
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