Criterion Collection: Naked Lunch (2 Disc Set)

"Exterminate all rational thought." Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory, "unfilmable" novel is finally realized on-screen by director David Cronenberg.

Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges into the nightmarish netherworld of the Interzone, pursuing a mysterious project that leads him to confront sinister cabals and giant talking bugs. The fruit of an unholy union between two masters of the hilarious and the macabre, Naked Lunch mingles aspects of Burroughs' novel with incidents from his own life, resulting in a compendium of paranoid fantasies and a searching investigation into the mysteries of the writing process.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director David Cronenberg and enhanced for widescreen televisions
Audio commentary by Cronenberg and actor Peter Weller
Naked Making Lunch - London Weekend Television documentary about the making of the film directed by Chris Rodley
Illustrated essay about the special effects in Naked Lunch by the editor of Cinefex magazine, Jody Duncan, featuring artifacts from Cronenberg's archive
Film stills gallery
A collection of original marketing materials
William S. Burroughs' audio recording of excerpts from Naked Lunch
A collection of archival stills of William S. Burroughs from the Allen Ginsberg Trust
32-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Janet Maslin, Chris Rodley, Gary Indiana, and a piece by William S. Burroughs