Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough’s novel but a mix of biography and an interpretation of his drug- induced writing processes combined with elements of his work in this paranoid fantasy about Bill Lee, a writer who accidentally shoots his wife, whose typewriter transforms into a cockroach and who becomes involved in a mysterious plot in North African port called Interzone. Wonderfully bizarre, not unlike Burrough’s books. Written by Keith Loh
David Cronenberg
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider
27 Dec 1991 (Canada, United Kingdom, Japan)
13 wins & 13 nominations.