“Exterminate all rational thought.”
Overview
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.
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by William S. Burroughs, David Cronenberg
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Box OfficeBudget: $16.0MRevenue: $2.6M
About Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a crime, drama film released in 1991 exploring themes of based on novel or book, writing, hallucination, writer, bug, illegal drugs. Directed by David Cronenberg, it stars Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm. 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.