Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch (alternately titled The Naked Lunch in some editions) is a novel by William S. Burroughs.

The film

Main article: Naked Lunch (film).

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Ever since the 1960s, numerous film makers considered how to adapt Naked Lunch for the screen. Antony Balch, who worked with Burroughs on a number of short film projects in 1960s, considered making the film, as did others, but the book was ultimately deemed unfilmable.

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It wasn't until 1991 that Canadian director David Cronenberg took up the challenge. Rather than attempt a straight adaptation of the novel, however, Cronenberg instead took elements from the book and combined them with elements from Burroughs' own life, to create a mutated fiction-biography hybrid.

Related Topics:
Canadian - David Cronenberg

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Peter Weller starred as William Lee in this film, which was critically acclaimed.

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