Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg / GB, CA, 1991 / 115 min.
Considered unfilmable, in David Cronenberg’s adaptation for the big screen William Burroughs’ novel has become a cult classic on addiction, power and accessing zones outside of our everyday experience, inspired by drugs. Or – how much reality is there in paranoia?
After William S. Burroughs, heir to one of the inventors of the Burroughs adding machine, had spent six months in a darkened hotel room in Tangiers staring at his big toe, the drug-addicted Beat writer decided he needed a fresh start. He kicked his habit and got to work, resulting in the novel Naked Lunch.
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Director
David Cronenberg
Production year
1991
Country
GB, CA
Original title
Naked Lunch
Length
115 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Underground
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