Naked Lunch (Le festin nu) (1991)
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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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"FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★½ NOTES: Not in bad shape aside from its fading. The first reel encounters a sound fault towards the end for a few minutes, in which it experiences several loud judders which cancel out the left speaker audio until the reel is about to change. DATE: January 7th 2025 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

"SCREENING: 35mm DATE: January 7th CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

" Based on the book, by William S. Burroughs and his years writing said controversial book, Peter Weller plays William Lee a writer tasked with spying and possibly “exterminating” his wife Joan. He does however accidentally kill her, after seeing Joan becoming a hopeless bug powder addict, and ends up in the Inter Zone a strange world with even stranger characters, and writing on a even weirder typewriter. The film was considered to be “too weird”, even for critics and audiences, and a"

"Movie: 8/10 Director: David Cronenberg Writers: David Cronenberg Starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider, Michael Zelniker & Nicholas Campbell "
“(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...” read more

" "Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to." Written by David Cronenberg Music by Ornette Coleman and Howard Shore Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky Editing by Ronald Sanders "

" "Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to." Directed by David Cronenberg Written by David Cronenberg Music by Ornette Coleman and Howard Shore Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky Editing by Ronald Sanders "

"Other Nominations Best Screenplay Based on a Novel or Other Material "

"If the second half was a great as the first half, this would be a true masterpiece. Instead it's a noteworthy oddity from the marvelous David Cronenberg. "

"If Naked Lunch is your favorite movie...You love Bukowski with a hint of Vonnegut. You love, more importantly, William S. Burroughs, and the trepidacious wobbling and undulating source of existential and metaphysical doom and dread which culls us all into the void, at times. "

"Drugs, man. It’s a real trip. And also, everything and nothing is real. And real is nothing. Exterminate all rational thought."