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Naked Lunch

Country: USA, Language: English, 115 mins

  • Director: David Cronenberg
  • Writer: William S. Burroughs; David Cronenberg
  • Producer: Gabriella Martinelli; Jeremy Thomas

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One thing is for sure - this ain't no walk in the park.

It will make more sense if you know the book and the life of Burroughs - but, don't expect to understand everything that Cronenburg throws at the screen.

It is a visual feast that is far superior to all the other films that have been made about the Beat.

Maybe a little too weird for some...but, Burroughs did live his life in a drug-induced catharsis - accidentally murdering his wife - he never fully recovered, neither did she.

For fans only.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough's novel but a mix of biography and an interpretation of his drug- induced writing processes combined with elements of his work in this paranoid fantasy about Bill Lee, a writer who accidentally shoots his wife, whose typewriter transforms into a cockroach and who becomes involved in a mysterious plot in North African port called Interzone. Wonderfully bizarre, not unlike Burrough's books.

Cast & Characters

Peter Weller as Bill Lee;
Judy Davis as Joan Frost / Joan Lee;
Ian Holm as Tom Frost;
Julian Sands as Yves Cloquet;
Roy Scheider as Dr. Benway;
Monique Mercure as Fadela;
Nicholas Campbell as Hank;
Michael Zelniker as Martin;
Robert A. Silverman as Hans;
Joseph Scoren as Kiki;
Peter Boretski as Creature Voices / Exterminator #2;
Yuval Daniel as Hafid;
John Friesen as Hauser;
Sean McCann as O'Brien;
Howard Jerome as A.J. Cohen