Naked [1993] [Criterion] (BLU)
Synopsis
The brilliant and controversial NAKED, from director Mike Leigh (TOPSY-TURVY), stars David Thewlis (HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN) as Johnny, a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself through a nocturnal odyssey around London, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people, and scorching everyone in his path. With a virtuoso script and raw performances from Thewlis and costars Katrin Cartlidge (BEFORE THE RAIN) and Lesley Sharp (THE FULL MONTY), Leighs picture of England's underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy that took the best director and best actor prizes at the 1993 Cannes International Film Festival.
Special Features:
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Mike Leigh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary by Leigh and actors David Thewlis and Katrin Cartlidge
- Exclusive video interview with director Neil LaBute
- An episode of the BBC program The Art Zone in which author Will Self interviews Leigh
- The Short and Curlies, a short comedy from 1982 directed by Leigh and starring Thewlis, with audio commentary by Leigh
- Original theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring essays by film critics Derek Malcolm and Amy Taubin
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 07/12/2011
- Run Time: 131 minutes
- Catalogue #: 307
- Region: A