It's time for me to revisit Naked Lunch. I originally saw it in some tiny art house theater in Ithaca when I was in college and left scratcing my head. Or maybe I fell asleep. Not only had I never heard of William Burroughs, but the weirdest movie I'd watched up until that point was Gremlins 2.

Thanks to Jazz Score, a show currently up at MoMA, I'll be able to see if my horizons have expanded any since that confusing night way back when.

"Comprising a film retrospective, a gallery installation, live concerts, and a panel discussion, Jazz Score celebrates some of the best original jazz composed for the cinema from the 1950s to the present." Read all about it here.

As for Naked Lunch: "The book is written in vignettes and uses the cut-up technique to create some of its structure. It can be argued that this makes the chapters rather erratic and difficult to read for some, although Burroughs himself stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from America to Mexico, eventually ending in Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (called routines by Burroughs) are drawn from Burroughs' own experience in these places, and his addiction to drugs (notably heroin and morphine)." Read the full Wiki here.

Naked Lunch plays with a film called Population Explosion on Friday, 09.06.08 at 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday, 09.07.08 at 5:15 p.m.

Also on the block for early September: She's Gotta Have It, Kanzo sensei, and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.