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  Naked Lunch

  £175.00

  “After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.”

  “Naked Lunch” is cult Canadian director David Cronenberg‘s semi-adaptation of the celebrated American writer William S. Burroughs‘ novel of the same name. The book, which is a collection of vignettes with little in the way of connecting narrative, was written in 1959 and several attempts had been made over the years to try and adapt it for the screen. The structure of the book meant crafting a coherent plot was a tall order for any screenwriter, so Cronenberg decided to try a slightly different approach. The resultant film features scenes and characters from the vignettes but blends them with a semi-biographical look at the process Burroughs went through to write the original book, and includes incidents and characters (albeit renamed) from his experiences during the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. This original 1991 UK quad poster features a unique to the British release design that includes a close-up photograph of Weller’s character William Lee above a centipede. With its distinctive, eye-catching imagery this rolled (as issued) example presents to superb effect, providing a high quality and scarce film poster from one of Cinema’s most revered cult directors.

  Trivia: The shooting of the author’s wife is not a fictional incident. Source novelist William S. Burroughs did indeed accidentally shoot his wife Joan in the head in 1951 in Mexico in a “William Tell” stunt that went disastrously wrong. Mexican law at the time meant that Burroughs only served thirteen days in prison for killing his wife.

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  The Fifth Element

  £75.00

  “There is no future without it !”

  A rare rolled example of a Japanese first release video poster for Luc Besson’s sci-fi actioner “The Fifth Element”. This ‘Jump’ style design is unique to the Japanese release and features one of the key scenes from the movie. Presented in a widescreen ratio the image so sharp it’s almost like you are watching the film. Unusually, although it was printed for the Japanese release all of the test is in English. Offered here is an original landscape format Japanese B2 from its first release in 1997. The beautifully detailed artwork combined with amazing colours it certainly impresses. Presented in rolled (as issued) unrestored, original condition it represents a fine example of desirable and highly collectable cinematic movie memorabilia.

  Trivia: Cartoonist Jean-Claude Mézières of “My Fifth Element”, also says that Luc Besson approached him for ideas, telling him: “I want to make a movie based on your visuals. But I am ready to pay you for the work.” The nuance is because there has long been a controversy that many elements in the Star Wars saga (several aliens, Darth Vader’s costume, Leia’s golden bikini, Han Solo’s carbonite) were lifted almost unmodified out of Valerian (in particular ‘L’Empire des Mille Planètes’, published in 1971), of which George Lucas is known to own several original editions, as seen during interviews in his study.

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  Time Bandits

  £95.00

  “They didn’t make history, they stole it!”…Very rare original 1981 US One sheet movie poster for Terry Gilliam’s fantasy adventure “Time Bandits”. The all-star cast is featured prominently on this B.D. Fox Independent designed example making for a fine looking poster. Originally folded this example looks fantastic and displays very well.

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