- Actors: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn
- Directors: Barbet Schroeder
- Language English
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: 5 July 1999
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CI6X
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,428 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The script for this movie was written by outrageous poet-author-alcoholic Charles Bukowski. But director Barbet Schroeder makes it into an oddly amusing story of a pugnacious drunk writer (Mickey Rourke) based on Bukowski himself. Rourke spends almost all of his time at the bar, struggling with sobriety (he's against it) and, occasionally, having fistfights with the bartender (Frank Stallone). He meets another souse, a formerly attractive woman (Faye Dunaway) and gets involved with her, which means they drink copious amounts of liquor and try to have sex. Not much happens beyond that yet this film is strangely entertaining, for all of its bottom-of-the-barrel humanity. Maybe that's the secret: "Oh, the humanity ... "--Marshall Fine
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the best Buk movie out there. 'Factotum' starring Matt Dillon is also very good but, for reasons I cannot be sure of, this one wins out of the two. Rourke is a great actor and physically goes the distance to become Chinaski. The dialouge is great and the performances- even from the likes of Frank Stallone- are entertaining. Faye Dunnaway's drunk acting is a bit see-through at times but it doesn't matter because it's Rourke that is the central attraction and he is so watchable in this. This film, along with 'Factotum', should go down well with a wider audience than just Bukowski fans, as it's subject matter at heart is one of simple humanity. Take a ganders- you won't be sorry!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
one of the best films i have ever seen. this is a must have for any lover of good acting and good ideas. written by Charles Bukowski, dubbed the 'poet laureat of the slums,' it is a tale of a man, Henry Chinasky, who like Bukowsky spends his life either being drunk, writing, or both. fights take place, promiscuity is rife, and yet one cannot help but note the almost raw beauty inherent in this life-style. The message i feel the film is really trying to give is that it doesn't matter what your social standing is, since all happiness is essentially comparative. Further, Henry Chinasky is poignant in saying 'in this world, everybody has to BE something...' and he rebels against this standard, the most you could ever call him was a drunk. But he was proud of it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I never really understood what it is that I like about this film, and that is what I like about this film! I think it's the duration of some of the shots, which are just awkward enough to bring you to the edge of the seat. Beautifully Strange. Strangely Beautiful.
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