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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch (1992)...Yves Cloquet
Plot Synopsis: A pest-control man seeking escape from his troubled existence, flees to Interzone, a hallucinatory version of Tangiers, where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by half-alien, half-insect creatures and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book called 'Naked Lunch.' David Cronenberg made this movie based on William Burroughs' novella. A critically-acclaimed and bizarre (if dark) comedy. Julian has a minor part as a fellow with a nice car and interesting taste in men.
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Review: Did
I say Boxing Helena was too weird? This one's so strange that
people doubted it could even be made into a film. The plot turns on
the fact that the main character is a troubled exterminator who's a
little too involved in his work. We end up in an alternate universe
where aliens and giant intelligent insects are the rule, rather than
science-fiction. There's not really a better word to describe the
whole thing than "bizarre". Having conquered the challenges
of bringing the story to screen, and doing a rather good job of it, I
can't say this is a bad movie. Just not to my tastes. Never was one
for Kafka-esque... Anyway, it's well-done, and Julian gives a
memorable performance as Yves Cloquet, looking rather dapper in the
40's style suit and fedora, driving his splashy car. It's made plain
early on that his character is something of a pervert, that having
less to do with his sexual preferences than the intimation of the
specifics of what he's into. We only learn the true nature of the
beast as the film progresses. Like the rest of the film, it's a
bizarre twist that doesn't quite make obvious sense, but meshes with
the film as a whole, as a feeling and world unto itself. Naked Lunch
wasn't my cup of tea, but it might be yours. I'll give them a good
score just for having made it.
Availability:
available for rental or purchase, but sometimes hard to find.
Buy
It.
