Naked Lunch
Dir: David Cronenberg
UK/Canada/Japan, 1991, English, 115mins, 35mm
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm
High on insecticide "bug powder" that he inhales as a narcotic, exterminator Bill Lee shoots his wife dead and escapes to the Interzone, a city resembling Tangier where he becomes involved with - among other intrigues - a drug ring, talking insects, and a dead ringer for his wife, even as he tries to finish his Beatnik novel under a drug haze... or as he imagines, file his report as a secret agent for Interzone Incorporated. Cronenberg's imaginative adaptation of William S. Burroughs's cult novel, which also incorporated various aspects of the writer's life, defied those who thought it unfilmable, creating a disorienting and surreal journey into the mental world of the writing process.
Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition
17/9(Sat): Film talk with Keeto Lam and Mimi Wong
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction