- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: NR (Not Rated) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Monday Media
- DVD Release Date: 18 Nov 2008
- ASIN: B0013K8L8O
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 119,619 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A must-have for Bukowski fans!
29 Dec 2008
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I bought this for my husband, a lifelong Bukowski fan. He was very happy with it.
This dvd features Charles Bukowski at a poetry reading in Canada, in 1979. He reads for less than two hours. During that time, he interacts with the immature crowd and drinks 4 bottles of red red wine. He also smokes some kind of cigarettes from India, and lights them over and over; to me what looked like a nervous habit.
The video was shot from within the crowd, and you can hear the obnoxious braying laughter of one particular man throughout the entire tape.
Equally annoying is the fact that so many people are laughing at poems that simply weren't intended to be humorous. And then there are a few people in the audience who find themselves repeatedly shushed by Bukowski, because they continually talk over his readings.
All in all, it gives those of us not entirely familiar with the Bukowski live reading format the opportunity to see it, and the old Buk fans will certainly love this as much as anything else they can get their hands on that are related to the late-great Charles Bukowski.
A poetry reading - short, sweet and simple. Or is it?
This dvd features Charles Bukowski at a poetry reading in Canada, in 1979. He reads for less than two hours. During that time, he interacts with the immature crowd and drinks 4 bottles of red red wine. He also smokes some kind of cigarettes from India, and lights them over and over; to me what looked like a nervous habit.
The video was shot from within the crowd, and you can hear the obnoxious braying laughter of one particular man throughout the entire tape.
Equally annoying is the fact that so many people are laughing at poems that simply weren't intended to be humorous. And then there are a few people in the audience who find themselves repeatedly shushed by Bukowski, because they continually talk over his readings.
All in all, it gives those of us not entirely familiar with the Bukowski live reading format the opportunity to see it, and the old Buk fans will certainly love this as much as anything else they can get their hands on that are related to the late-great Charles Bukowski.
A poetry reading - short, sweet and simple. Or is it?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not the best example of Bukowski's gifts. With Follow up
1 Feb 2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Follow up: My review was in error in stating that "the poetry lineup is much the same as "The Last Straw" Video(DVD)".
Any duplicated poems from the two readings "There's Gonna be a God Damn Riot in Here" and "The Last Straw" were edited so as not to have duplicated poems.
Please read comments below from producer Jon Monday in response to my original review. Thank You.
Original review: I found this to be just OK as the poetry lineup is much the same as "The Last Straw" Video(DVD).
The reading by Bukowski is good, the Canadian crowd was not as numerous people close to the stage were a constant distraction from the reading.
There was in particular one individual with a constant braying laughter on and off throughout, seemingly within a few feet from one of the microphones.
I would choose "The Last Straw", "Hostage"(The Last straw audio version)or "UNCENSORED: The Run with the Hunted Sessions" for a better example of Bukowski.
Any duplicated poems from the two readings "There's Gonna be a God Damn Riot in Here" and "The Last Straw" were edited so as not to have duplicated poems.
Please read comments below from producer Jon Monday in response to my original review. Thank You.
Original review: I found this to be just OK as the poetry lineup is much the same as "The Last Straw" Video(DVD).
The reading by Bukowski is good, the Canadian crowd was not as numerous people close to the stage were a constant distraction from the reading.
There was in particular one individual with a constant braying laughter on and off throughout, seemingly within a few feet from one of the microphones.
I would choose "The Last Straw", "Hostage"(The Last straw audio version)or "UNCENSORED: The Run with the Hunted Sessions" for a better example of Bukowski.
It is a riot!!
17 Nov 2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Vancouver was blessed by this atypical reading by the drunk Bukowski...a six bottles of wine event! The comments from the audience were pretty rowdy and Bukowski blew up at a couple who continuously interrupted his readings with their loud conversations about "nothing". Terrific stuff and a good performance by the "master".
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