William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch was long considered unfilmable, so David Cronenberg sensibly didn't film it. Instead he made a film about Burroughs writing it, with Peter Weller as an exterminator hooked on bug powder, taking orders from typewriters that turn into insects. It's Cronenberg's body horror turned inward — toward addiction, sexuality and the act of writing itself — and it is every bit as weird as that sounds.

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The Kulturecast is a film and culture podcast from Weirding Way Media, hosted by Chris Stachiw, the Doctor of Podcasting, alongside a rotating table of guest co-hosts. Each week digs into where film and culture meet — and how each one bends the other. Now home to sub-feeds including Required Viewing: A 360° Film Study with Dr. David D. Perlmutter.

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