To quote Nelson Muntz, “I can think of two things wrong with that title.”
The notion of an unfilmable novel is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
you might film anything.
And if any director could find a way to crack its code, it would be Cronenberg.
Hit the jump for my review ofNaked Lunchon Blu-ray.
His secret lay in bringing Burroughs own life into the text, making him the ostensible hero.
So yeah, not exactly popcorn entertainment.
And its biggest failings come when Cronenberg indulges in strangeness for its own sake.
The narrative hardly moves, and when it does, we have absolutely no idea whats going on.
That becomes disconcerting at times, and even exasperating as the hallucinogenic rabbit hole starts feeding on itself.
Little things like plot and narrative get in the way of that meditation.
Certainly, its not for everyone.
