Thread 212715332

I admire what they were trying but I hated it

>>212715332 (OP)
Doesn’t capture Burrough’s writing at all. I understand it was never going to be a direct adaptation, but Cronenberg lacks the nuance of Burroughs style. There’s a coarse absurdity contrasted with a bitter gloominess, and Cronenberg is simply incapable of conveying introspection.

>>212715332 (OP)
I remember enjoying this quite a bit in my weird-movie phase, but haven't rewatched it in probably a decade. My weird-movie phase was also my stoner phase and I don't think I ever watched this sober. But it's more memorable than most movies I saw attempting a similar type of surrealism. I don't think I got any actual message of any value out of it, but the overall tone and feeling and imagery were pretty memorable. It did a pretty good job conveying this total departure from reality. I don't see it having much appeal or value outside of the teenage-stoner crowd looking for something "trippy," but I feel like that's exactly who this was made for, and it hits that spot better than most

>>212715464
>nuance of Burroughs style
>"a bubbly thick stagnant sound, a sound you could smell and the subject will come at his whistle, shit on the floor if he but say Open Sesame"
You are a fucking moron.

>>212715678
Exterminate all rational thought.

>>212715768
Yeah this. His writing is really fucking dry and it's honestly incredible Cronenberg even managed to pull something out of his ass for it

>>212715775
Yes, exactly. It accomplishes the mission statement set out in the logline. Nothing more, nothing less, but there are a lot of filmmakers who tried doing something like this and made absolute trash. Like it or not, this is a good execution of a certain style of movie, and there aren't really that many at this level of quality

I just found it boring. Worse than boring because there are a few scenes where it gets good but then it doesn't follow the thread.

>>212715813
>dry and subtle mean the same thing
>but they don't, and his writing, which includes a description of a steam-powered dildo as well as the line "some fucking drug addict smorted all my cocaine!", isn't dry anyway, faggot retard
Just admit you're a fucking pseud, even by /lit/ standards, and that you've never even read the book.

Did the semen dripping bugs fuck the anus bugs?

>>212715332 (OP)
I think the main guy sucks. The delivery of everything is so sleepy I hate it. The special effects for the typewriters were god tier though