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©2015
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2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #789
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Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Terry Southern, and Lucien Carr
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
1.33:1 aspect ratio
Accompanying folded insert comprises an essay by Luc Sante (Burroughs that proud American) and collage artwork by Alison Mosshart
Special features: New audio commentary by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who was a sound recordist on the film; audio interview with director Howard Brookner (1985) (24 min.); new interview with Brookner's nephew, filmmaker Aaron Brookner, who oversaw the film's restoration (16 min.); rare outtakes; footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film's restoration, featuring Q&A with Jim Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, filmmaker Tom DiCillo, and William S. Burrough's friend and fellow writer James Grauerholz (27 min.); experimental edit of the film by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III (1981) (23 min.)
Editors, Scott Vickrey, Ben Morris ; camera, Tom DiCillo, James Lebovitz, Mike Southon, Nicolas A. Stuthers, Richard L. Camp, Cathy Dorsey, Mike Southon
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; monoaural; Dolby Digital
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)