Bukowski: Born Into This
2003 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 3,690 VOTES · DIR. John Dullaghan
Overview
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of the author as it is an exposé of his sordid lifestyle. Interspersed between ample vintage footage of Bukowski’s poetry readings are interviews with the poet’s fans including such legendary figures such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Fante (wife of John), Bono, and Harry Dean Stanton. Filmed in grainy black and white by Bukowski’s friend, Taylor Hackford, due to lack of funding, the old films edited into this movie paint Bukowski’s life of boozing and brawling romantically, securing Bukowski’s legendary status.
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00:00:00 PICTURE UP, B-ROLL
00:03:38 came too late. The cameras came too late.
00:06:34 TAYLOR HACKFORD: Bukowski was a fairly
00:10:12 the sky when you’re in pain or when you, you have this pressure.
00:15:03 CHARLES BUKOWSKI: All right.
00:19:01 water hotel room after another looking for that golden sentence, you know
00:23:30 CHARLES BUKOWSKI: She had beautiful legs. Wore high heels. Knew how to
00:27:05 for two and a half years coming up. That was a terrible place for me.
00:31:13 NEELI CHERKOVSKI: All I can say is
00:34:21 in the depression frankly and who’d been through hard times.
00:37:57 of a piece of paper with usually one poem on it or one paragraph.
00:41:43 Their Love Is Average, Seeks Average But There Is Genius In Their Hatred
00:45:09 JOHN MARTIN: And there was Bukowski and I thought if this guy will commit his
00:48:54 The protagonist Henry Chinaski drifts
00:52:17 PAM MIILLER: I thought of him more as a friend.
00:56:57 much is autobiographical and its about making mistakes in a messy world.
01:01:35 cathartic experience for him. I mean it was a struggle for him to write it and
01:05:37 BUKOWSKI PAINTING OF HIS FATHER
01:09:06 impressive collection of first edition books
01:12:36 of wine and he was getting a little belligerent.
01:15:59 you son of a bitch you can, you can scream your ass off at, at the clouds
01:19:31 BONO: It turns out that Hank’s old lady
01:22:59 over the years even though he, that meant he had to be less than his myth.
01:27:14 in a matter of several seconds I suppose well I got up to him to come to