Naked Lunch Limited Edition Blu-ray

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But even though Burroughs does a sort of inadvertent double-duty here (that is: he's the subject and the originator of this work), it would be a mistake not to see 'Naked Lunch' as a kind of stunning creative success for Cronenberg. Why else would we still be discussing the film more than two decades since it first perplexed audiences by putting Peter Weller behind a pair of glasses and a typewriter so soon after they'd come to appreciate him as the man behind the metallic visor and the stiff movements more commonly associated with Disneyland animatronics, in ' 'Robocop'? The main character (Peter Weller) in Naked Lunch is a failed writer turned bug exterminator who discovers that he is short on bug powder because his wife, Joan (Judy Davis), has started shooting up on it. Instead of trying to get her off the powder, Bill decides to experiment with it and see if it is as good as Joan claims. Soon after, his typewriter turns into a giant talking bug that urges him to head to the Interzone, a magical place where lost souls can rebuild their lives and roam free. Before he leaves, Bill accidentally shoots his wife in the head.

This is an impressive looking presentation from just about every angle, with a gorgeously suffused palette that emphasizes Cronenberg's repeatedBurroughs' writing might be properly classified as "unadaptable", at least insofar as novels are typically transformed into screenplays and then finished Concept Art Gallery, a collection of drawings and maquettes for the creatures of Naked Lunch by Stephan Dupuis Naked Lunch follows drug addict and exterminator William Lee (Peter Weller), a man who accidentally shoots and kills his wife, but that was after he hallucinated that a giant talking beetle was trying to conscript him to kill his wife for a mysterious corporation called Interzone Incorporated. Lee flees to Interzone, a constantly morphing city located somewhere in North Africa, and becomes involved in a mysterious plot orchestrated by Dr. Benway (Roy Scheider). Naturally, Bill has many drug episodes along the way, including one where his typewriter/beetle creature brutally murders another typewriter in gruesome, weird, and bloody detail. Naked Making Lunch, archival making-of documentary directed by Chris Rodley presented in a scan from the director’s personal 16mm print and viewable with an audio interview with Rodley discussing his connection to Cronenberg and the process of making Naked Making Lunch

Interzone is a place between two worlds; it's the bridge connecting the everyday mundane where novels as American as football sell like hotcakes, to the place that breathes life into the discordant style of a man who puts on an unfortunate "William Tell" act with his wife. It's a place that filmmakers like David Cronenberg sometimes take their audience to tell a sordid, frequently repulsive tale that takes as much guts to recount as it does talent. In the case of 'Naked Lunch,' Cronenberg had plenty of both on display. the key to any number of questions Bill has as to what exactly is real and what is not. There are a number of at times patently gonzo sidebar preserves the original aspect ratio, and it is noticeably less flushed and skewed toward red/orange than the Criterion version, something that I The novel's claim to fame was undoubtedly the colorful, sometimes nightmarish fever-dream prose of the author, but the genius of Cronenberg's work with the film is that it manages to integrate not only Burroughs' prose, but also aspects of Burroughs life into the dense, seemingly incomprehensible narrative. In that sense of impenetrability, the novel and the film are nearly identical, but Cronenberg's meta-textual maneuvering at once makes 'Naked Lunch' a fantastic peek into the mind of its author, and a head-spinning discourse on the tribulations of trying to put thoughts into words and words onto paper.Trailer (SD, 2 min.) – The original theatrical trailer for 'Naked Lunch' that features a voice-over pretending to be that of William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch is presented in 4K UHD of Arrow Video with a 2160p transfer in 1.85:1. Arrow's insert booklet somewhat drab browns, ochres, yellows and beiges can pop a bit more exuberantly in this version. Detail levels are at least marginally improved Exterminate All Rational Thought, a new interview with star Peter Weller
• Peter Suschitzky on Naked Lunch, a new interview with the celebrated director of photography

Naked Lunch is Cronenberg's most unusual film, and arguably his best. It was inspired by a book which many believed was unfilmable because it is essentially a bizarre summation of drug-induced hallucinations and fantasies. There is no specific direction in it, only a certain atmosphere.the warm and cool ends of the spectrum, though I'd say in general this 4K UHD presentation may have just a bit more of the Former junkie William Lee (Peter Weller, Robocop) makes ends meet as an exterminator. But when he and his wife Joan (Judy Davis, Barton Fink) discover the hallucinatory properties of the powder he uses to kill bugs, they become hooked, and their world is changed forever. Insects speak, typewriters mutate and talk, interdimensional beings reveal themselves, identities fracture and blur; nothing and no one is quite what it seems. When Bill, under the influence of drugs, or the bugs that have begun talking to him, shoots his wife, he flees to Interzone, at once a place and a state of mind, where things only get stranger. Film Still and Design Sketch Gallery - this gallery features production stills, by set photographer Attila Dory, of the cast and crew at work on the set of Naked Lunch. Also included are design sketches for some of the sets, drawn by art director James McAteer under the supervision of production designer Carol Spider. All images are in 1080p. Film Still and Sketch Gallery (HD) – A collection of production still from the onset photographer Attila Dory that feature some behind-the-scenes shots of the cast and crew at work filming 'Naked Lunch.' There are also a handful of fantastic sketches by art director James McAteer that show the levels of design that went into making the film.