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Summary: Worst movie ever
Review: I think Dante's ninth circle of hell is watching Naked Lunch over and over again for all of enernity. This has to be the worst movie ever made. To compare Naked Lunch to Fear and Loathing is assinine.
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Summary: Cronenberg & Burroughs...two names you should know about.
Review: First, William S. Burroughs is one of the best writers that I have read. Acquire many of his works as they are profound. If you are interested in exploring the uglier aspects of the human condition and how each of our minds are inexorably dark and flawed, then you will want to read Burroughs. Personal favorites include The Ticket that Exploded, Nova Express, Cities of Red Night, Place of Dead Roads, Junky, and Exterminator.
Second, David Cronenberg is one of the few truly unque minds in the film industry. Often labeled as a director of grotesque horrors, however his subtle attacks upon the idea of a human soul, his portrayal of our physical form as malleable with an inner desire to become something new, and his surgical criticisms of modern culture all indicate that a Cronenberg film is meant to be much more that horrifying. See Existenz, Videodrome, Rabid, Shivers, The Brood, Scanners, and Dead Ringers for examples. Now when Cronenberg filmed Naked Lunch he took the ideas of Burroughs' novels and sculpted a world for Bill to inhabit as an actor peeling back layer upon layer of unconscious impulse down to the core. This reveals to the viewer a glimpse of what the real man went through to give us his art. Seriously BUY THIS DVD!
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Summary: Finally!!!!
Review: The US DVD release of perhaps the best film made in the 90's was way overdue. Although not listed in the product details, I hope this release includes the documentary shown in the BBC's South Bank Show titled Naked Making Lunch; it helps you appreciate the brilliance of this film. I am dying to hear Cronenberg's commentary.
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Summary: It's about time.
Review: Peter Weller, in his greatest role, pays a fitting tribute to a dearly departed American treasure-- William S. Burroughs. Judy Davis, as always, is delectable.
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Summary: Better Not Have Lunch Before You Watch This Film
Review: David Cronenberg film based on a William S. Burroughs novel. A mystery science fiction/horror satire. No real plot structure or purpose, the film is simply innundated with homosexual/sexually depraved innuendos from beginning to end. Not only is the film utterly grotesque; it's terrible in every conceivable way and makes Fellini's "Satyricon" seem like a Disney film.The only interesting thing about it all is how enlightening it is to see that there are people in this world who can display such bad taste under the guise of creativity. An average porno film has more creativity and plot than this worthless piece of self-flattery. I'm not shy to shock value entertainment and will usually watch even the worst of films to the end. This was too stupid and grotesque to bother reaching its conclusion. I urge you to spare yourselves the agony I have had to endure watching this filth.
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Summary: Where's the DVD, Fox??
Review: ... The plot centers around a William Burroughs-esque character on a mission from the powers that be from the Interzone Corporation--a drug induced world inhabited by plenty of insects, drug addicts and sexual deviants (and any combination thereof). A showcase for some awesome insects created by human hands... a lost art in todays digital film world and the slightly meandering, slightly nonsensical plot fits right in with the tone of the movie (and the book, I imagine). Surreal and and a little bugged out, pardon the pun... Unfortuantely, it's not been released on DVD.... considering the VHS is no doubt pan & scan. Release a DVD, Fox, and I'll buy it in a second.
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Summary: Watch this before you read the book or be let down!
Review: Any attempt to make a film from William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch would have been impossible, and thankfully this movie doesn't try to do that. Instead, it takes the same surreal, nightmarish feel of the book and applies it to the story of how Naked Lunch was written. My advice: If you've read this book already and are expecting an equally brilliant film, you will be disappointed. And if you don't care for the movie, read the book anyway. Aside from all that, the Naked Lunch movie, on it's own, is pretty impressive. You have to see this movie at least once in your life.
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Summary: blowing minds
Review: The director gives amazing flesh and intrigue to an inherently brilliant novel. Thank God he did this movie and it wasn't left to less worthy hands. Burroughs deserved this. A fascinating and mind-blowing film in more ways than most can imagine.
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Summary: Symbolism folks
Review: As a writer I truly appreciated the rich symbolic nature of this film and the feelings towards the typewriters involved. Watching it with my husband, not a creative writer, I saw that you probably needed to be involved deeply in this creative process to "get it." I feel an overwhelming need to see the film again as it deeply touched my psyche and gave vent to all those mixed emotions I experience when trying to get the story to come out right. I don't think the story itself was about convincing Burroughs to kill his wife as much as catharsis after the drunken fact that he did accidently shoot and kill her.
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Summary: Naked Lunch - a true surruealistic classsic
Review: "Dr Benway?..." Why is this movie not available on DVD?!!! Peter Weller gives one of the most riveting performances ever seen on film, as he guides us through the nether-world that is Inerzone... Roy Schider shows up in a brilliant cameo as Dr. Benway... The entire film gnaws at your ability to discern between reality and hallucination... The original music by Ornette Coleman provides a perfect counterpoint to the twisted images conjured up by David Cronenberg... This is one of the most absorbing and compelling films I've ever seen.
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