My essay on David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Naked Lunch is now up at Edward Copeland on Film. I’ll post it here in a few days.
Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch
27 Dec 2011
Permanent link: http://www.culturesnob.net/2011/12/cronenbergs-naked-lunch/
Posted by Culture Snob on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
Filed in Movies and tagged David Cronenberg (9), Naked Lunch (1).
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