A good movie

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 make up what was actually going on. I also did appreciate the fact that the main character (basically Burroughs himself) was pretty far out but still rather aware that he was pretty much hallucinating the whole thing. Eventually, the guy did shot his wife, apparently Burroughs really did the same thing with his own wife so that wasn’t an hallucination. On top of that, Cronenberg had basically a blast creating those weird creatures and the whole thing was pretty unsettling to watch, that’s for sure. I wonder if it's a movie you should be watching while being under the influence of any substance because it is filled with paranoid tension and I’m rather glad I watched the damned thing sober. The other main element was the ambiguous sexual choices made by the main character who doesn’t really know if he is gay or if he should be gay at all. Anyway, to conclude, it was a rather tough watch but I still liked it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in David Cronenberg’s work.

7/10