09-01-2008, 11:27 AM
...the book leaves you in the lurch. Or perhaps the lunch.
The ending of the film with that one character explaining at the end was totally lame. There's no such explanation in Naked Lunch. That's what makes it so good. As you read it, you feel there should be an explanation, and perhaps there is one, but the book forces you to project a lot.
It's been years since I read that. I remember a bizarre night with KB at a campout show on the Eel, where we decided to read random passages from some Burroughs at the top of our voices to passers-by. Probably harshed a lot of good buzzes that night, but we had great fun.
The ending of the film with that one character explaining at the end was totally lame. There's no such explanation in Naked Lunch. That's what makes it so good. As you read it, you feel there should be an explanation, and perhaps there is one, but the book forces you to project a lot.
It's been years since I read that. I remember a bizarre night with KB at a campout show on the Eel, where we decided to read random passages from some Burroughs at the top of our voices to passers-by. Probably harshed a lot of good buzzes that night, but we had great fun.
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