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Filmmakers, including [[Stanley Kubrick]] and [[Antony Balch]], using a script from [[Brion Gysin]], attempted to adapt [[William S. Burroughs]]' ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' into a film, but were unsuccessful.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=161}} In 1981, Cronenberg was interviewed by ''[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]'' during the release of ''[[Scanners]]'' in the United States and stated that he was interested in making a film based on Burroughs' novel.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=157}} Producer [[Jeremy Thomas]] met Cronenberg at the 1984 [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto Festival of Festivals]] and discussed making a film adaption of the novel. Burroughs, Cronenberg, Thomas, [[James Grauerholz]], and [[Hercules Bellville]] met in Tangiers in 1985.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=159}} Grauerholz showed Cronenberg's films to Burroughs and Cronenberg stated that Burroughs felt he was the only one who could properly make the film.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=161}}

The screenplay for ''Naked Lunch'' is based not only on Burroughs' novel, but also on other fiction by him, and autobiographical accounts of his life.<ref name="Seymour">{{Cite web |url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-05/entertainment/-ca-2333_1_naked2333-lunchstory.html |title=MOVIES : Out to Lunch With the Guru of Gross-Out : David Cronenberg says the only way he could be faithful to William S. Burroughs' celebrated 'Naked Lunch' on film was to betray it |last=Seymour |first=Gene |date=5 January 1992 |access-date=9 April 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051033/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-05/entertainment/ca-2333_1_naked-lunch |url-status=deadlive }}</ref> Cronenberg said it was necessary to "Throw the book away" as a direct adaptation would have been far too expensive and "would be banned in every country in the world."<ref name="Weinreich">{{cite magazine |date=January 17, 1992 |author1=Regina Weinreich |title=''Naked Lunch'': Behind the scenes |url=https://ew.com/article/1992/01/17/naked-lunch-behind-scenes/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |quote=His adaptation came in at about $16 million, under budget and a modest sum for a film with lots of special effects. }}</ref>

Burroughs was uninvolved with the writing of the film's script and granted his blessing to the first draft in December 1989. This version opened the film with a short story from Burroughs' ''[[Exterminator!]]''.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=163}}

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| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]