Peter Weller Talks "Naked Lunch"

After a special showing of Robocop, Peter Weller talked about his experiences with the film version of "Naked Lunch," author William S. Burroughs and the history of the word "queer."
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[@fuzzywzhe]

All this time I thought that Weller didn't really know what he was getting into with this film. It's great that he actually sought out this part. I would have never guessed it.

[@KokoRicky]

Same here man, it makes me appreciate his role all the more.

[@nathanballard7749]

I have Naked Lunch on VHS and always thought Weller must have been uncomfortable doing certain scenes. But after the first time I watched it, Weller had immediately become one of my favorite actors. So to know that he "begged Croneneberg to do Naked Lunch", hung out with Burroughs and considered the book his bible; I too would have never guessed, but great to know.

[@lostuser1094]

fuzzywzhe You kidding me? He KILLED the role imo.

[@1060michaelg]

@@lostuser1094 My take is Cronenberg misdirected this film. It seems as though they were taking the "anti-novel" of all time and attempting to make it into something akin to a story. That doomed the film in my opinion. And "JUNKY", a novel more relevant than it ever was, SCREAMS to be made into a screenplay 66 years after it was first published. JUNKY would be perfect fit for HBO or AMAZON PRIME. One more thing that was problematic for Naked Lunch was this; Addiction is the Rosetta Stone for digging the work (can't really call it a novel). Cats like Peter Weller and others sprinkled around are the exceptions, and rare ones.

[@mindconspiracy8721]

I'm so happy to know Peter Weller loves Naked Lunch as much as I do. I would have never known the source material was so personal to him.

[@DenkyManner]

Now imagine this guy, with a billion topics in his head, deep dedication to art and poetry and sociology being asked about RoboCop every single fucking day of his life. If I ever met him, despite RoboCop being my favourite film, I would not ask him about it! Luckily I am also a Burroughs fan, because of the Naked Lunch movie so I would mention that instead. Though he might shout at me for not knowing any of the names he mentions.

[@DonPeyote420]

Robo Cop was an ex-hippie acid head, you learn something new every day!

[@terracottapie]

Just when you think this guy is baked off his ass and rambling incoherent shit, he comes out with a super profound point.

[@ummagumma00]

That's why he's Peter Weller maaaan.

[@TheMegaVessel]

I wish this guy would be my college professor

[@jabbafo]

Voice Monkey yeah, I wish RoboCop was my Prof too

[@nelsonx5326]

@That Dude Ha, bar stool buddy. Yes, he'd be cool to get drunk with.

[@GMWhiting]

This was eye opening, never knew RoboCop had such an interesting past, and a very knowledgeable insight to Burroughs and his work. It's very fascinating

[@joed2444]

He also is a director and has a PhD in art history

[@GMWhiting]

@@joed2444 I knew he was a director, but not the other stuff

[@ChrisG3253032]

Great little insight. I've always loved Peter Weller's movies/characters, and am a HUGE David Cronenberg fan (and David Lynch, equally for that matter) first time I saw Naked Lunch I thought it was brilliantly acted, scripted and cool sets. Not to everyones taste I guess, but the crazier, trippier, gorier all the better 😉👍

[@KeebGuy]

This video rocks

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

Keeb knows best

[@mavisser3211]

HOLY FUCK this man knows his shit

[@stuartmorris2803]

Naked Lunch is my fav film. Id love to tell Peter Weller because I love his performance in it.

[@avrrojas84]

Peter Weller is such a brilliant actor. he's always had a uncanny screen presence.

[@ulimc5158]

Baked Bunch

[@txarly2008]

GREAT ACTOR AND AMAZING MOVIE....... LOVE YOU PETER

[@williamwilson6499]

If there is any one actor I wish I was friends with, it’s Peter Weller. Keanu Reeves is close but...

[@STEPHENBARRETT136]

Was typing into a bug then a monster saying,he was creating a monster as he typed.

[@ummagumma00]

My man is drunk or high or both AND he teaches people in class. What a genius!

[@Valkonnen]

No he isn't...Drunk or high, i mean...

[@DonPeyote420]

That's the only way to teach

[@robotpanda77]

WHY ARE WE YELLING

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

I quite liked the movie after a first viewing. The only problem and I had was the fact that Peter tried so hard to stick to that "monotone" speech pattern that he doesn't utter some of his lines. Oh and those roaches. The real ones, not the typewriters. The typewriters were fine. But apart of that I found it very enjoyable.

[@BillyBob-vk8du]

Help me find out more about this John Janney (not sure if I got the spelling right)? He seems to be a pretty interesting character.

[@plasticweapon]

jean genet.

[@Flew1775]

Great speech. Too bad creepo Harry hosted/was in the background.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

Who?

[@SmilingIbis]

63 comments in 9 years. A fitting tribute!

[@HG-pi3qp]

Again I return to this video, so good

[@chriscameron9321]

Very interesting, the guy with the Orange hair...Weller's also bang on.

[@HG-pi3qp]

King

[@MattC78]

Is he talking about the guy that made Salo 120 days of Sodom? How nice.

[@terremoto6663]

Yup, that Pasolini

[@Marty2011uk]

Odyssey 5 was really good.

[@nicklockk]

Am I the only one seeing that Leprechaun in the Background?

[@1060michaelg]

@Nick Lock Nick...If I was sitting on the john at 3:20 a.m. and he shambled from behind the shower curtain with a blinking neon face I would scream the scream of one buried alive.

[@Marxcky]

Nope!

[@SamShadow93]

Very awesome

[@STEPHENBARRETT136]

I thought sons of anarchy was based of biker gangs I mean everything is based of everything in life,that's how things happen.

[@TheDelamoir]

Very interesting

[@WhatsReel]

I love this a lot but i'm imaging people seeing this without context just being like "woah, robocop's woke as fuck."

[@sandman9463]

Cities of the Red Night. Read it.

[@walterwhite1]

WAS ROBOCOP HIGH????

[@dragonaut1985]

That jacket is "queer".

[@martindeewan686]

Dexter killed him. ;-)

[@chaosreigns7386]

I have alot more respect for bill Then i do for hunter...

[@richardcollier1912]

You become what you pretend to be. So be very careful about what you pretend to be.

[@terremoto6663]

A human being?

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Actors cease to be people.

[@nelsonx5326]

I wouldn't have recognized him. Man can he talk. And off the cuff. Very interesting person. Is he gay? Never mind, doesn't matter.

[@hexed8749]

..............wait......... Robocop is GAY??? (thats all i got from it 1 hour later?)

[@plasticweapon]

he's not gay.

[@80spodcastchannel]

shut and play robo cop.. aging hippies talking is effing annoying

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

this

[@Valkonnen]

He wasn't ever a hippie. As 51 year old man that was born in 67', I can relate to him...He's just frustrated at the fact every historical thing that he is talking about, is going over the heads of the audience. Remember that EVERYONE alive has a device in their hand that connects them with every piece of information on ANY subject. Now when I was a kid, we had a lot expected of us, so when we graduated High School, if you did it right, you would be what is known as a well-rounded individual with a knowledge of history and enough knowledge to not get lost in conversations . I was never alive in the 1920's and 30's yet I still know about Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker and lot of other things that you wouldn't think that someone of my age would even be aware of . It's not because I'm smarter or anything like that . It's because they used to expect way more out of students, and if you look at at 1950s yearbook, you'd see that all of the kids looked like ladies and gentlemen. If the curriculum of that time was given to school kids of today, at the very same level, they'd fail miserably. In the 1960's , while the reasons behind it started as truly noble. we ended up dumbing down generations. We we told to "Relax" and not be so "Uptight" , let your hair grow . It started great and it changed many things for the better, but them later (Today) it has turned into the exact opposite. Liberals wanted fairness and to have their voices heard without fear, and they achieved that . Flash to today, where Liberals have become SJWs. and are forcing people to see thing their way. Anyone who doesn't is labeled with one of their trick buzzwords like "Anti-Semite" , "Racist", Homophobe and they literally destroy your social life and finances just because you don't think the same. Sorry that I went off on a tangent, but it's frustrating for a person who sees how things were before and the notice difference in the way that they are now.

[@burningmisery]

@@Valkonnen Look at that dumb guy's videos - he's an obese bald guy who rants on KZbin and pretends to be an "80s" guy, longing for the days when he had both hair and a few functioning brain cells. Y'know, he's got an "opinion"... like every asshole.

[@AquaticAbomination]

You know you don't have to watch the video, right?

[@aridflesh3248]

I'M ANGERY