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Naked Lunch (1992)
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You are now entering Interzone, William S. Burroughs's phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia, and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought." In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, the novelist himself becomes a main character (played in an implacable monotone by Peter Weller), with elements from Burroughs' life--including the shooting of his wife during a "William Tell" game, and bohemian friends Kerouac and Ginsberg--added to frame the book's wild visions. This is, ironically, a somewhat rational approach to an unfilmable book (and it makes a hair-curling double bill with...
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| Naked Lunch Movie Review by Ben (11/23/2008) |
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I have not had the chance to read William S. Burroughs' book called "Naked Lunch" or anything else he has written. The legend behind it, however, seems to be everlasting in its effect. Many people protested it and called it obscene. Many wanted it banned, and that is usually what gives a book like that its power. All I...
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| Naked Lunch Movie Review by BillyBob (4/11/2008) |
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Burp!....I mean, BUR-R-R-R-R-P!!!....(Ah! That's better)....What a relief!
I am truly sorry about that bit of belching there, movie-fans, but it seems that after watching NAKED LUNCH I've somehow got a bit of the old 'post-movie indigestion' gurgling away inside of me. It sure doesn't surprise me at all that this has...
(complete Naked Lunch review by BillyBob)
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