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Naked Lunch (1991)
Bizarre bizarre bizarre... wonderful
I seen this advertised on mubi and straight away i was interested. A film adaptation of Williams 'naked lunch' a sort of biography of his life. It has a sort of clockwork orange vibe to it; Grotesque, vile and dam crazy. It will keep you glued to the screen but you will be asking yourself why? Its set in the 1950s with the exterminator loosing supply of his extermination powder... he then finds out his wife is getting high on it. He begins to go on a 'Trip' after taking said substance and things begin to spiral way out of control. If you enjoyed a clockwork orange or anything that others may find grotesque then you'll enjoy this. I sent it to a friend to watch he admitted to only watching 20 minutes because it was too much.
Meeting the Man (1970)
Shame
I found this frustrating. I feel Baldwin could of expressed his history his story's and experiences better, he could of really shared his voice. He had a movie in which could be shown to future generations but he chose to refuse because the colour of the directors; which in my opinion makes him no different then what he cares so much about. If I were one of the cameramen I would of been disappointed as I am white but my family came over to this country as black slaves. To quick to point a finger. This is a person with great talent and will forever be an important figure but do not watch this instead read about him and his books.