Naked Lunch
~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.
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
General Information
Release Date: 1991-12-27
Budget: $16000000
Revenue: $2641357
Runtime: 115 min
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