- Format: NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Alliance Films
- Release Date: May 3 2005
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0001OKTHY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #10,269 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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En portant à l’écran Naked Lunch, de Williams Burroughs, David Cronenberg a voulu mettre en images un livre inadaptable. On peut se rebeller ou se laisser aller, mais il est impossible de rester indifférent devant ce film bizarre et troublant.
Comment résumer ce voyage fantastique, auquel Cronenberg a ajouté des passages de trois nouvelles de Burroughs : Exterminator, Queer et Interzone ? Disons qu’on y suit le parcours d’un écrivain qui, de New York à Tanger, tente de terminer un livre. On y croise, tous dans des doubles rôles, Judy Davis, accro au produit anti-cafards, Monique Mercure en dominatrice à cravache, Roy Scheider en médecin pervers et des machines à écrire parlantes, qui se livrent un duel à mort ! “Abandonnez toute pensée rationnelle”, peut-on lire en exergue du film. L’avertissement n’est pas à prendre à la légère quand il est donné par le réalisateur de Crash et eXistenz. Entièrement tourné en studio (la guerre du Golfe ayant rendu le tournage au Maroc impossible), Naked Lunch est un cauchemar éveillé, que Cronenberg filme avec sa rigueur et sa précision habituelles. Comédie d’horreur, suspense onirique, drame paranoïaque ou reportage déstabilisant sur la création, c’est un film au pouvoir insidieux, qui séduit autant qu’il laisse perplexe. --Éric Fourlanty
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A surreal journey through the nightmarish world of a junkie...,
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This review is from: Naked Lunch (DVD)
David Cronenberg's film "Naked Lunch" (1991) is based on William S. Burrough's surrealistic novel of the same name from 1959. This film is Cronenberg's synthesis of the writings and life of Burroughs, as well as the actual writing of the novel the "Naked Lunch" in Tangier. The movie starts off with William Lee (Peter Weller) standing in as the Burrough's character who makes his living as an insect exterminator. This first segment is based on Burrough's work the "Exterminator!". Early on Burrough's actually made his living as an insect exterminator. The collection of stories entitled "Interzone" also formed the basis for aspects of the film. The movie has characters such as Hank (Nicholas Campbell) and Martin (Michael Zelniker) who loosely represent friends of Burroughs, such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg (who helped Burroughs compile his novel "Naked Lunch"). Joan Lee (Judy Davis) portrays Burrough's drug abusing wife whom he accidentally shot in real life. This film weaves the real with the surreal as we follow the junkie William Lee through the dark corridors of his mind.
This DVD comes with an exceptional audio commentary by David Cronenberg. It is filmed in English with subtitles in French with a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack, and in widescreen, with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 at 115 minutes.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite Criterion,
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This review is from: Naked Lunch (DVD)
This is a single disc dvd of Naked Lunch with the director's David Cronenberg's commentary, which is the same as the Criterion edition. There is a French language option, and a few production stills and photos, but that's it for extras. If you enjoy Cronenberg's movie, then you're probably already a fan of this one, perhaps his boldest.
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