Review of Naked Lunch (1991) by Graham J — 11 Oct 2011
A fusion of William Burroughs and David Cronenberg's ideas, the film tells a semi-factual account of how the book was written, rather than the actual story. Semi factual is probably being a bit generous, most of it is complete fantasy, scenes, routines and characters from the book pop up frequently though.
This really is the only way the book could have been filmed. Peter Weller is great, Julian Sands and Roy Scheider are hilarious. I still don't understand the ending but who cares. Crazy jazz soundtrack featuring Ornette Coleman too.
This review of Naked Lunch (1991) was written by Graham J on 11 Oct 2011.
Naked Lunch has generally received positive reviews.
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