science fiction drama

Naked Lunch is a 1991 science fiction drama film co-written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider.

a 1991 surrealist science fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider

Naked Lunch is a 1991 surrealist science fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider.

non-linear narrative

Plot summaryNaked Lunch is a non-linear narrative without a clear plot.

provocative, transgressive, and surreal - a feast for the senses, where nothing is true and everything is permitted

, Naked Lunch is provocative, transgressive, and surreal – a feast for the senses, where nothing is true and everything is permitted.

one of the most important novels of the 20th century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture

Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the 20th century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture.

a surreal, darkly comedic film from 1991 , directed by David Cronenbergbased on the novel by William S. Burroughs of the same name

Naked Lunch is a surreal, darkly comedic film from 1991 directed by David Cronenberg, based on the novel by William S. Burroughs of the same name.

an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s hallucinatory, once-thought-unfilmable novel

Naked Lunch is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s hallucinatory, once-thought-unfilmable novel.

an often surreal book

Naked Lunch is an often surreal book, but an often surreal book is constantly underpinned by an acute understanding of the way in which post-war society functions.

a sci-fi drama

Written and directed by David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch is a sci-fi drama.

a 1959 novel by American Beat generation writer William S. Burroughs

Naked Lunch (first published as The Naked Lunch) is a 1959 novel by American Beat generation writer William S. Burroughs.

a book of horror and comedy

Naked Lunch is a book of horror and comedy, both themes scooped up and hurled around like primate faeces, not so much designed to disgust or reveal as destined to repulse.

pop- rock

Naked Lunch is an autrian pyscho- pop- rock band.

the title of a drug-fuelled cult novel by William Burroughs, one that spawned a film by David Cronenberg as well as an awesome track by Bomb

Naked Lunch is the title of a drug-fuelled cult novel by William Burroughs, one that spawned a film by David Cronenberg as well as an awesome track by Bomb

synth based groups

Naked Lunch are one of the one of the first synth based groups and was formed in 1979 by Tony Mayo.

an exploration of pop culture, counter culture and all things rock n roll, garage, punk, abstract, psychedelic from Lemmy to the Louvin brothers

Naked lunch is an exploration of pop culture, counter culture and all things rock n roll, garage, punk, abstract, psychedelic from Lemmy to the Louvin brothers.

a freely structured novel that depicts the experiences of a man trying to escape drug addiction

American writer William S. Burroughs's best-known book is Naked Lunch (1959), a freely structured novel that depicts the experiences of a man trying to escape drug addiction.

a postmodern tale of metafiction wherein the author is announcing Factualism's own political philosophy while explaining how his own political philosophy serves as a “blueprint” (203; 187) for action

As such, long before it is confirmed at the close of the novel, the reader realizes that Naked Lunch is a postmodern tale of metafiction wherein the author is announcing Factualism's own political philosophy while explaining how his own political philosophy serves as a “blueprint” (203; 187) for action.

a grimly comical carnival of grotesque imagery and pain

Naked Lunch is a grimly comical carnival of grotesque imagery and pain.

drama

Naked Lunch is a 20th Century Fox drama film, starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider.

the live-action adaptation of the infamous William Burroughs 1959 novel of the same name, directed by David Cronenberg and distributed by 20 Century Fox

Naked Lunch is the live-action adaptation of the infamous William Burroughs 1959 novel of the same name, directed by David Cronenberg and distributed by 20 Century Fox.