Naked Lunch (film) items and themes from the film woven into the lyrics. Naked Lunch (film) Naked Lunch is a 1991 drama film co-written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider. It is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel of the same name, and an international co-production of Canada, Britain and Japan. The film was released on December 27, 1991, in the United States and April 24, 1992, in the United Kingdom by 20th Century Fox. It received positive reviews from critics, but was a box office bomb, garnering only $2.6 million
Naked Lunch (Austrian band) good reviews and surprisingly good sales. In the aftermath, Naked Lunch put out an EP, "Stay" in 2005 and contributed music to befriended film-maker Thomas Woschitz's project "Sperrstunde", which was screened to live backing music by the band. Also, Herwig Zamernik released a solo record, dubbed Fuzzman on Wohnzimmer Records. In 2006, they composed the music for the episode "Bis in den Tod" of the Austrian mystery serial "8x45" and in 2007 the music for the Elisabeth Scharang TV movie Franz Fuchs - Ein Patriot starring Karl Markovics. A new album, "This Atom Heart of Ours" was released on January