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1991
Naked Lunch is a 1991 surrealist science-fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider. It is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs's 1959 novel Naked Lunch, and an international co-production of Canada, Britain, and Japan.
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Image With Naked Lunch, David Cronenberg created a bold and transgressive cinematic experience like no other. Based on William S. Burroughs' complex novel, Cronenberg embraced surrealism and visceral imagery to shocking effect. With only Cronenberg's singular vision, little traditional narrative logic and a cast of courageous, fully committed performers, Image Naked Lunch plunges the viewer into a hypn…More
Source English Español I am not really a fan of insects such as cockroaches and centipedes so I wasn't sure if this film was going to be a good choice to watch. However, the premise looked entertaining and the director has a spectacular list of productions throughout his career, so I figured this film might be worth watching after all. Main names associated with the film The main name behind this film and as I just…More
With his controversial 1996 adaptation of J.G. Ballard's *Crash*, David Cronenberg has created reputation of a film maker ready to tackle source material previously deemed unfilmable. This was not his first such attempt. Four years earlier he had adapted *Naked Lunch*, novel by William S. Burroughs that used to be banned in its time, some fifty or so years ago. Cronenberg stated that the strict adaptation of Burroug…More
