The Interzone is populated with a great diversity of creatures—mugwumps, insect-typewriters, and shape-shifting people. Hear from Stephan Dupuis, Ronald Sanders, Carol Spier, and Peter Suschitzky about the origins of these unique creations, and the process of capturing their performances.
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Preliminary drawing for mugwump head.
Preliminary drawing mugwriter.
Drawing of Fadela’s transformation, #30.
Details from storyboard of Fadela’s transformation.
Drawing of mugwump smoking.
Drawing of mugwump.
Preliminary drawing for Olivetti Typewriter, later renamed Martinelli.
Preliminary drawing for Smith Corona Typewriter, later renamed the Clark Nova Typewriter.
Preliminary drawing for the Clark Nova Typewriter.
Mugwump, final design sketch.
Mugwump studies.
Mugwump, dispensary model (prop).
Clark-Nova typewriter, beaten (Puppet).
Clark-Nova typewriter (Prop).
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Filming of the Sex Blob scene with Peter Weller as Bill Lee and Judy Davis as Joan Frost.
Project Supervisor Jim Isaac on set applying paint touch ups to battling typewriter beetles (Clark-Nova beetle and bloodied beetle) with and a technician and Cinemathographer Peter Suschitzky looking on.
Project Supervisor Jim Isaac applies paint touch ups to Clark Nova and bloodied beetle puppets.
Designer Stephan Dupuis aiding in the creation of a mugwump.
The interior mechanisms of a mugwump head.
An early stage in the creation of Clark-Nova Beetle.
A technician works on one of the typewriter's created for the film.
A technician applies detail work to a group of mugwumps.
Stephan Dupuis creating the Fadela prosthetic worn by Roy Scheider as Dr. Benway.
Case Officer Beetle puppet in early stage of construction.
Director David Cronenberg conducts a camera test for Bill Lee's attack on Case Officer Beetle.
Author of Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs examines a mugwump on set.
Roy Schneider (Dr. Benway) in prosthetic Fadela disguise.
