Shivers

[Matthew Barttelbort]

I found a re-release of the Cronenberg classic Shivers at my local video
store. I've been searching for this rare title for years. I'm hoping it
will be for sale soon.

By the way. Am I the only person who thought Naked Lunch was good? hehe

[Chuck Vollers]

Matthew Barttelbort <resev...@mindspring.com> wrote:

>By the way. Am I the only person who thought Naked Lunch was good? hehe

One of his best.

Chuck

[otis]

re. Mathew B. comments. I've sen re-release too but haven't rented yet.
Also, I thought Naked Lunch was fantastic. The necessity of shooting on
sets due to whatever middle east crisi I think added a unique look and feel
to the movie. One level on which Naked Lunch was engaging was the Kerouac
et al characters thinly disguised - yet if you're not familiar with them
one couldfeel something lacking. All in all, I'd say Naked Lunch was close
to brilliant.

[Matt Knapp]

I totally agree with you about Naked Lunch. It is great! I have heard from
some William Burroughs fans who thought that it was crap or, at best, average!
The whole point of this film is not to be 'the film of the book' but to be a
bio-pic of the author combining fact, fiction, surrealism, and elements of
Burroughs work... fantastically done it is, too!

[Luis Canau]

Matt Knapp <matt_...@hotmail.com> escreveu:

>I totally agree with you about Naked Lunch. It is great! I have heard from
>some William Burroughs fans who thought that it was crap or, at best, average!
>The whole point of this film is not to be 'the film of the book' but to be a
>bio-pic of the author combining fact, fiction, surrealism, and elements of
>Burroughs work... fantastically done it is, too!

I don't know much Burroughs, but I've watched mostly everything by Cronenberg,
and my concern wasn't about being faithfull or not to the book. The book is
completely different from the movie, but it was impossible to film it with any
"respect" to it. I believe Cronenberg said something like having to betray it
to be faithfull to it. It captures the atmosphere of the book and adds some
biographical stuff as you say. It's one movie I need to see again one of this
days.
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[Joseph Coelho]

Have rented and watched the new release of "Shivers". It says
'un-rated director's cut' on the box, but I didn't notice any
different scenes or anything. The interview is great, and the transfer
and sound seem improved; but then again, the older copy I used to rent
was in terrible condition. But yeah, definitely worth renting or
buying. Wish they would have done it letterbox though.

As far as "Naked Lunch" goes, I thought it was amazing too! I think
that film is a great example of how a good director can take liberties
with material and still keep the atmosphere and intentions of the
author in the work.The resulting film was not entirely Burroughs, not
entirely Cronenberg, but something of a mutant that neither of them
would have created alone. Alot of people who don't like it will tell
you it didn't follow the book close enough. Christ! The book didn't
even follow itself very closely! I realize expectations were high for
the film version of a such a cherished masterpiece (and dream team up)
but really, exactly what did people expect? Iguess in the end they
could have played it safe and called it "Interzone" or something, but
as I said, I'll always be more than satisfied with Cronenberg's
version of "Naked Lunch".

Joey, in the ghetto, in Silicon Valley...