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- From: carlj@muppet.bt.co.uk (Carl)
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
- Subject: Re: Naked lunch again
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.121840.25393@muppet.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:18:40 GMT
- References: <sprooney.722201300@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Sender: news@muppet.bt.co.uk
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- In article 722201300@unix1.tcd.ie, sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney) writes:
- >>> I don't suppose anyone could be bothered typing in the script of The
- >>> Naked Lunch could they? Especially the two brilliant monologues...
- >>> The Duke du Ventre, (aka Ssschlup!!)
- >>> and.
- >>> The asshole, (Reminds me of a couple of peeps I know)
- >
- >> A lot of the dialogue comes from Burroughs books, mostly from (surprise,
- >>surprise) "Naked Lunch" itself.
- >
- >Yeah. Thought it might. I'm going to get NL as soon as I have the
- >money. What other books are worth reading?
-
- Of his? If you like the Naked Lunch start off with Junky and Queer. Avoid
- the books which mention the cut up method on the back until you're read
- everything else by him, they're interesting but you have to be a real Bill
- junky to want to read them.
-
- >I've heard the book is much better (ie. weirder) than the film. Are all
- >his books like that?
-
- They're not really comparable, as has been said before the film is more
- about the writing of the book. As to his books being weird, even his essays,
- they are all fairly strange, he has an odd world view.
-
- Cheers,
- C
-
- "Interzone is crawling with pedophiles, citizens hungup on pre-puberty
- kicks. I don't dig it. I say anyone can't wait till thirteen is no
- better than a degenerate." -- W.S.Burroughs.
-