Where was Naked Lunch filmed?
1991 film, directed by David Cronenberg.
- Toronto
The story is set in New York City, about 343 miles (552 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New York City
- Filmed in
- Toronto
- Distance
- About 343 miles (552 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.
About Naked Lunch
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- Released
- 1991
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Cast
- Peter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmJulian SandsRoy ScheiderNicholas CampbellMonique MercureRobert A. SilvermanSean McCannJulian Richings
- Genre
- DramaScience Fiction HorrorLgbtq-relatedArthouse Science FictionHorror
- Based on
- Naked Lunch
- Awards
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
The story
In 1953, exterminator William Lee finds that his wife Joan is stealing his insecticide to use as a recreational drug.
Lee dismisses the beetle's instructions and kills it.
Having inadvertently accomplished his "mission", Lee flees to Tangier International Zone in North Africa.
Famous lines from Naked Lunch
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
The Cat InsideNaked Lunch
Variant, using much of this passage in a later essay:Naked Lunch
Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words.Naked Lunch
. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it
1. Never give anything away for nothing. 2. Never give more than you have to. 3. Always take back everything if you possibly can.Naked Lunch
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