"When your parents begin to like your work, thats when you know its getting bad." - Charles Bukowski
Charles Henry Bukowski is single-handedly responsible for releasing poetry from the clutches of the academes. He brought poetry back to the streets in a way that the Beats only wished they could. His work has spawned generations of copycats and to this day, no writer has been able to take his place.
Whether writing a semi-autobiographical novel about his tortured childhood, or compiling hundreds of poems about the complexity of the male/ female relation, Bukowski wrote from the heart. He wrote what he knew about and he wrote about the life he was given and the life he lived. And it was never pretty. His work was as ugly as the man himself. First impression were bad with him. "He didnt wear clothes well."
Bukowski was king of the skid row poets. He drank with as much passion as he wrote. And he fucked enough ugly women to make Bill Clinton jealous.
He had an absolute hatred for rules and regulations that can be seen everywhere throughout his work. He despised traditionally structured poetry and had no time for metaphors. He wrote it like he saw it and in the 74 years of his life, he managed to vomit more words onto a page than Michael Jackson fingered little boy butthole.
Bukowski credits his German-born father as being his single most influence as a writer. Beaten on a daily basis with a razor decorated belt, he considered the abuse as the perfect literary training. "When you get the shit kicked out of you everyday, you tend to say what you want."
Born Into This is the definitive Bukowski documentary. It features dozens of rare footage with not only Bukowski himself, but his family, friends, loved-ones, and admirers. Like most documentaries, this story is told through archived video footage, photographs, and interviews from the people who stood beside him throughout his so-called career. Fuckin A! This is another one I can watch a hundred times and never get sick of. Highly recommended - but only as a companion piece. READ HIS BOOKS!
Charles Henry Bukowski is single-handedly responsible for releasing poetry from the clutches of the academes. He brought poetry back to the streets in a way that the Beats only wished they could. His work has spawned generations of copycats and to this day, no writer has been able to take his place.
Whether writing a semi-autobiographical novel about his tortured childhood, or compiling hundreds of poems about the complexity of the male/ female relation, Bukowski wrote from the heart. He wrote what he knew about and he wrote about the life he was given and the life he lived. And it was never pretty. His work was as ugly as the man himself. First impression were bad with him. "He didnt wear clothes well."
Bukowski was king of the skid row poets. He drank with as much passion as he wrote. And he fucked enough ugly women to make Bill Clinton jealous.
He had an absolute hatred for rules and regulations that can be seen everywhere throughout his work. He despised traditionally structured poetry and had no time for metaphors. He wrote it like he saw it and in the 74 years of his life, he managed to vomit more words onto a page than Michael Jackson fingered little boy butthole.
Bukowski credits his German-born father as being his single most influence as a writer. Beaten on a daily basis with a razor decorated belt, he considered the abuse as the perfect literary training. "When you get the shit kicked out of you everyday, you tend to say what you want."
Born Into This is the definitive Bukowski documentary. It features dozens of rare footage with not only Bukowski himself, but his family, friends, loved-ones, and admirers. Like most documentaries, this story is told through archived video footage, photographs, and interviews from the people who stood beside him throughout his so-called career. Fuckin A! This is another one I can watch a hundred times and never get sick of. Highly recommended - but only as a companion piece. READ HIS BOOKS!
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BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS
Year: April 30, 2004
Year: April 30, 2004
Cast: Charles Bukowski, Linda Lee
Bukowski, John Martin, Sean Penn, Harry
Dean Stanton
Director: John Dullaghan
Writer: Bill Maher
Genre: Documentary | Biography
Runtime: 130 min
Language: English
Company: Magnolia Home Entertainment 
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