Naked Lunch (1991)
December 27, 1991
Crime, Drama
1h 55m
EXterMINate ALL RatIONAL ThoughT.
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Bill Lee Peter Weller
- Joan Frost Judy Davis
- Tom Frost Ian Holm
- Yves Cloquet Julian Sands
- Dr. Benway Roy Scheider
- Fadela Monique Mercure
- Hank Nicholas Campbell
- Martin Michael Zelniker
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- writing
- hallucination
- writer
- bug
- illegal drugs
- exterminator
- beat generation
- gay theme