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Collaborators: Naked Lunch: Sets

Naked Lunch was originally slated to be shot in Morocco, but the production team had to improvise when the Gulf War broke out, preventing David Cronenberg from using that location. Hear Carol Spier and Peter Suschitzky describe how they created and photographed the real and hallucinogenic places seen in Naked Lunch.

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Set drawings of the Interzone Market for the film Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, Interzone market #32.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch , 1991
Graphite and conte on paper, photocopy adhered to centre
61 x 91.4cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
Set concept sketch for Cohen's Exterminators for Naked Lunch. Set design, exterior Cohen's Exterminators.
Carol Spier, Production Designer

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photocopy on paper
28.1 x 43.2cm
David Cronenberg Collection, TIFF Film Reference Library
Set concept sketch for interior of Cohen's Exterminators for Naked Lunch. Set design, interior Cohen's scale.
Carol Spier, Production Designer

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photocopy on paper
28.1 x 43.2cm
David Cronenberg Collection, TIFF Film Reference Library
Set concept sketch for Lee's New York apartment for Naked Lunch. Set design, interior Lee's Apartment.
Carol Spier, Production Designer

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photocopy on paper
28.1 x 43.2cm
David Cronenberg Collection, TIFF Film Reference Library
Set drawings of Lee's Tangier Apartment for the film Naked Lunch. Set design, Lee's Tangier hotel/apartment.
Carol Spier, Production Designer

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photocopy on paper
28.1 x 43.2cm
David Cronenberg Collection, TIFF Film Reference Library
James McAteer's set concept sketch of Tom Frost's Apartment set of Naked Lunch. Set design, Frost apartment.
Carol Spier, Production Designer

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photocopy on paper
28.1 x 43.2cm
David Cronenberg Collection, TIFF Film Reference Library
Set concept sketch for Lee's New York apartment for Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, Lee's apartment.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Graphite with purple pencile on tracing paper
46 x 83.5cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
Set concept sketch of Yves' Bedroom for the film Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, Yves' bedroom.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Graphite, ink, blue pencil crayon on Transtex paper
60.5 x 91.6cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
James McAteer's set concept sketch of Tom Frost's Apartment set of Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, Frost apartment.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Graphite and purple pencil crayon on Transtex paper
60.5 x 91.6cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
James McAteer's set concept sketch of the Seaside Restaurant for Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, interior seaside restaurant entrance.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Graphite on paper
60.5 x 91.6cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
Set drawings of Lee's Tangier Apartment for the film Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, Lee’s Tangier apartment.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Pencil on paper
33.4 x 55.9cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
James McAteer's set concept sketch of the New York Bar for Naked Lunch. Set concept sketch, New York bar.
James McAteer, Art Director

Naked Lunch, 1991
Pencil on paper
33.4 x 55.9cm
Courtesy Carol Spier
Bill Lee (Peter Weller) on an interzone set in Naked Lunch. Peter Weller on the set of Naked Lunch.

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photographer: Attila Dory
© Recorded Picture Company, 1991 
Footage and Stills From “NAKED LUNCH” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Entertainment One.  All rights reserved.
Customers line the New York bar in Naked Lunch. The New York bar in Naked Lunch.

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photographer: Attila Dory
© Recorded Picture Company, 1991 
Footage and Stills From “NAKED LUNCH” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Entertainment One.  All rights reserved.
Martin and Hank on an Interzone set in Naked Lunch. Hank (Nicholas Campbell) and Martin (Michael Zelniker) on the set of Naked Lunch.

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photographer: Attila Dory
© Recorded Picture Company, 1991 
Footage and Stills From “NAKED LUNCH” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Entertainment One.  All rights reserved.
A mugwump is in Bill Lee's Tangier apartment in Naked Lunch. A mugwump sits at Bill Lee's typewriter in Naked Lunch.

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photographer: Attila Dory
© Recorded Picture Company, 1991 
Footage and Stills From “NAKED LUNCH” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Entertainment One.  All rights reserved.
Bill Lee (Peter Weller) sits at a bar with a mugwump in Naked Lunch. Bill Lee (Peter Weller) and a mugwump in the New York bar in Naked Lunch.

Naked Lunch, 1991
Photographer: Attila Dory
© Recorded Picture Company, 1991 
Footage and Stills From “NAKED LUNCH” Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox and Entertainment One.  All rights reserved.