Naked Lunch
1991
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Synopsis
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.
Naked Lunch (1991) is a 1h 55min crime feature film by David Cronenberg. Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging...
Facts
Based on
Naked Lunch
Awards
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
Setting
New York City
Filming location
Toronto
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Original language
English
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2023 - Strange Hommage
- L'Étrange Festival 2023 - Séances spéciales
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2023 - Sitges Clàssics - Panic City
- London Critics Circle Film Awards 1993 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 1992 generic
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1991 generic
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1991 generic
