‘Naked Lunch’ revels in oddities
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Bill Lee in iin ex
terminator with ,i
problem While he's
on .1 ](>h shooting
roach poison into
the walls he lines
phnnahly runs out
When he tries to ev
plain, ms ooss m i uses mm pi
stealing it ami the Chinese guv
who dispenses the stuff laughs
as he tosses some of the roach
powder into fits mouth When
Bill returns home, he finds the
answer to the missing powder
mystery His wife is injecting
the powder into her bosom
Tins is the opening of Naked
l.unch Ihe drug induced
scenes haven't even begun yet
it certainty is compelling,
though David Cronenberg is a
director who tins already ere
ated, with his films, a unique
visual world Here, he takes on
tile unenviable task of adapting
the William Burrough s book of
tile same name the one peo
pie have been classifying as un
adaptable for years
The narrative structure of
tiie film is odd The introduc
tion is a set up for an interest
ing and simple plot Bill Lee
wants to write a book Then we
have the middle portion of the
film, which is as visually stun
ning and incoherent as a drug
induced hallucination
It's then revealed the! lie's
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Joan La* (Judy Davit) it tha ante of William taa (Paiar Wallar). a
writar whota Imagination plunges him into a nightmarish world of
tpiat and monttart in N*k»d Lunch
written tin' bulk, of the tx>ok
without knowing it l ie' blood
staim-d pages .ire found by bis
be.itnik friends .is he's tempo
rarity brought out of his nan ot
k -induced state
There's a name for the sane
tuarv in his mind It's a plant
that looks a little like the streets
of Tangiers d the city were
relocated in the bow els of hell
It s called the lnter/one in
the lnter/one, Bill's typewriter
becomes a beetle like Ix'ing that
speaks from a huge sphinc ter
on its back In a bar. be meets a
Mugwump, a grotesque c rea
lure that oozes a milky sub
stance that affix ts a person .is if
they were addicted to sex
As you may be able to tell.
Vakei/ l.uni h is not a film easy
to des< ribe in .1 lv (in .il m■inner
Absolutely re< nm.mend.fug it r
not is hard to do After .ill, it is
,i film vshioh slimss the world
through the glared eyes of .1
junkie At least you know you
1 an leave after two hours
A film like tins is suet essfuI
if it ran 1 reate a world as it ex
ists in the i harai ter's mind and
surround the audience with si
milur senses In that way.
Cronenberg and Peter Weller
as Hill, work magK
If you are willing to give up «
your perception of reality, then
you will enjoy the excursion (
into a world of Mood, sex,
slimeon/lng creatures and ( on
fusion
By Lucas J Gutman
Fmeant t . ' Input: <
Savoy Truffle to play a jammin’ show
E3y Meg Dedoiph
Emerald ( of!-•
hast Const band Savoy Truffle is bringing their
unique, blues influent ed improvisational rut k to
the WOW Hull, 291 W Kighth Ave tonight a! M
pm
The itund s members began playing together in
1'iiU). and according to Brian Koss of Family Tree
Productions, started as a rhythm-and blues rover
band
Since then, through bard work and energetic,
live performances it bus tiernine the most pope
lar ( lull band on the Northeastern sear oust, Ke..
said
"Thev're protwblv the hardest working bar 1 in
America on the lub t.ireuil." Kos- s.n I nHny
t>1.11 the band Ivpically ptavs between .!(»(> ami
’’ V> live show s i i !; . ir
Koss altritiuled ibe band s < urrent populare.\ !■
their phenomenal live shows and a strong
< onne< lion tielween liie audieni e and the tsind
Hi' also added that the band members are all Ver
satile players
Their 1‘t‘il (d). Talking with Cho^ls. is no eV.
ceplion the four band members plav slide.
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