Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch

27 Dec 2011

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.

Posted by Culture Snob on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.

Filed in Movies and tagged David Cronenberg (9), Naked Lunch (1).

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