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Naked Lunch (1991)
Directed by David Cronenberg
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Overview
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill’s pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work—which he doesn’t remember writing.
Rated R | Length 115 minutes
Actors
Peter Weller | Judy Davis | Ian Holm | Julian Sands | Roy Scheider | Monique Mercure | Nicholas Campbell | Michael Zelniker | Robert A. Silverman | Joseph Scoren | Peter Boretski | Yuval Daniel | John Friesen | Sean McCann | Howard Jerome | Michael Caruana | Kurt Reis | Louis Ferreira | Julian Richings | Jim Yip | Claude Aflalo | Laurent Hazout | Joseph Di Mambro
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/03/2021 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| 03/19/2011 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.75 stars |
Viewing Notes
When considered solely as its own unique creation, this is a great film from Cronenberg with excellent performances, especially from Judy David and Peter Weller. When you know details about Burroughs’ real life it provides you with even more context for the story.
If you’ve read Naked Lunch and are expecting any sort of faithful adaptation, this movie isn’t it. And probably no movie ever will be. I’d really consider Naked Lunch as unfilmable.
Because I watched the documentary on the making of as well, I now understand that Burroughs collaborated with Cronenberg on the film which makes me feel a lot more comfortable about it as well.
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