Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. 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.

It truly doesn’t matter if you’re tripping from bug dust or not when watching this HEVC-encoded 2160p presentation framed at 1.85:1, as you’ll be treated to an absolutely stunning transfer through and through. This presentation is sourced from a 4K restoration of the original camera negative undertaken by both Turbine Media and Arrow Films. Scanning was done in Toronto, then conforming and color grading was done in Germany by Turbine, and then the final transfer was approved by Cronenberg. The result is a beautiful and filmic image that pulls an incredible amount of detail out of the source. Hollywood has always had a relationship with novels and novelists that is spotty at best. Sometimes the results are a travesty, and other times the work becomes a wonderfully realized adaptation – there are probably hundreds of examples of books being translated into films that have gone on to great success, either through critical acclaim (just how many Academy Award-winners can trace their origins to a novel or short story?), or by raking in billions of dollars and becoming the envy (or bane) of studio bean-counters. restoration from the original camera negative overseen by director of photography Peter Suschitzky and approved by director David Cronenberg Burroughs is famous for being cantankerous about adaptations of his work, and he’s more than a bit justified in that exact feeling, though the man’s violent attitude certainly takes an artist of a certain demeanor to parse through all the terse wordplay. In comes Cronenberg, a calm and metronomic presence that seems at odds with Burroughs at first, but what’s always been there is a man that deeply understands our relationship with drugs, power, and money as in how they dictate our reality. Thus, we must revolt, in whatever way we can. Concept Art Gallery, a collection of drawings and maquettes for the creatures of Naked Lunch by Stephan Dupuispreserves the original aspect ratio, and it is noticeably less flushed and skewed toward red/orange than the Criterion version, something that I a potent drug being used by exterminator Bill Lee (Peter Weller), a character based on Burroughs, who had employment as just such an "agent

Special Effects Gallery (HD) – There is an extensive collection of images detailing the special effects work of Chris Walas that is joined with a voice-over of Jody Duncan's essay from Cinefex magazine. the following information on the restoration: Naked Lunch has been exclusively restored by Turbine in partnership with Arrow Films and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1Naked 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 inglorious end obviously based on an infamous event from Burroughs' own personal life. The second is Joan Frost, a lookalike writer who may hold The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 4K at Difuze, Toronto, Canada. The film was conformed, graded and restored in 4K in standard

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.films. That may be one reason why David Cronenberg, certainly more capable of handling the immensity of Burroughs' work than many directors,