October 15, 2009
Really fucked up and trippy. fun 2 watch but in truth i jus didnt understand the point of it.
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm
Story about a pest exterminator who injects some of his own insecticide, thus invoking a world where reality and hallucination are indistinguishable.
DVD Release Date: November 11, 2003
Stats: 1,832 reviews
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September 22, 2009They said the book could never be filmed but Cronenberg proved otherwise. This is a brilliant surreal nightmare, not quite like the book but just as good!
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April 18, 2009An exterminator gets hooked on bug powder and flees the law into the mysterious, Casablanca-like "Interzone," while writing a novel and receiving instructions from his typewriter. Loose adaptation of William S. Burroughs surrealistic, stream-of-consciousness novel about drug abu...( read more)
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October 8, 2008This film is in the same vein as a David Lynch movie, making absolutely no sense, with the exception of it didn't suck poop like a David Lynch movie. Until I find out more about it, it seems to me this movie was written by Cronenberg after he fried on acid, and he basically just...( read more)
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October 27, 2009I have not read "Naked Lunch" but I know enough about it to feel confident in saying that David Cronenberg, one of my favorite directors, was not the right man to adapt it. Despite an intriguing premise, fantastic acting, a great score and an uncompromising approach it is an unde...( read more)
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October 24, 2009Definitely one of my top Cronenberg favourites! Absolutely brilliant! So freaky and funny and scary and beautiful! One of Cronenberg's best!
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September 18, 2009Cronenberg's twisted and depressing masterpiece; very surreal and unusual, but brilliant.
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