# Naked Lunch (1991)

> A deadpan writer enters a grotesque hallucinatory underworld where murder, addiction, and the act of writing mutate into one paranoid nightmare.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1819

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider, Monique Mercure, Nicholas Campbell, Michael Zelniker
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102511/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: surreal, paranoid, deadpan, late night viewing, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A surreal journey through the mind of a writer spiraling into madness and paranoia.

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