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Naked Lunch (1991)

Directed by David Cronenberg

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sensoria, lordofthemovies

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)

Viewing Notes

This is one of those movies that you could find something new or different on each viewing. Really want to read the book now… don’t think I’ve read it, anyways. wonder if this movie works for me bc of that? Gonna read it before I dig into all the extras.

Also, this Blu-ray looks incredible. Like I wouldn’t think this was made 30+ years ago. The entire cast is sensational and I swear that typewriter vo actor was told to sound like Wilhem Defoe.

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