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Naked Lunch (Le festin nu) (1992)

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Peter Weller Peter Weller
Bill Lee
Judy Davis Judy Davis
Joan Frost / Joan Lee
Ian Holm Ian Holm
Tom Frost
Julian Sands Julian Sands
Yves Cloquet
Roy Scheider Roy Scheider
Dr. Benway


Written by
David Cronenberg David Cronenberg
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A good movie

10 years, 4 months ago at Nov 10 22:27
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It had been a while since I had seen a movie directed by David Cronenberg and the concept of Cronenberg directing an adaptation of the most famous book written by William S. Burroughs was quite intriguing. Well, I’m not sure if I should recommend it but it was still something ‘else’. The point is that 90% of the movie is basically the feverish dream of a junkie but, somehow, you could still ... read more

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12 years, 5 months ago at Oct 5 0:00
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I had added this film to my 'want to watch' list. What I do is I go to netflix, and find which movies on my list are on netflix. This one happened to be avalible.

I had no idea what this film was about all I knew was it was trippy. I was instantly enthralled with the story as soon as I found out what the drug of choice was. I thought it was hilarious, and quite disgusting to say the... read more

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6 months, 2 weeks ago at Sep 3 13:34
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(BluR) Fertile Cronenberg imagination matches with Burroughs, even if his bug obsession/imagery is fra from Borroughs imagery. But converting bug powder in frugs gives a sense an even a structure to the film. Weller is ok, Davis is better, support from Holm and Sands and the gay boys too...
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Exterminator Bill Lee finds himself following his wife into an addiction to the bug powder he uses. After accidentally killing her, he descends into a hallucinatory existence in which he imagines himself a secret agent answering to a series of bizarre creatures. He channels his energies into writing "reports" on his delusional mission, while trying to break his addiction. The story loosely reflects events in the life of author Burroughs as he wrote the novel.
Release date: 11 March 1992
UPC: 715515014922
Tags: Drama (12), Drugs (11), 1990s (10), 1991 (9), Fantasy (8), Surreal (8), Based On Novel (6), Surrealism (6), Alien (5), Neo Noir (5), Travel (4), Japan (4), UK (4), Canada (4), Bar (4), New York City (4), Paranoia (4), Housekeeper (4), Pawnshop (4)
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