Director: John Dullaghan

Summary: BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS is a highly entertaining, informative tribute to notorious writer and recluse Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), his work, his life, and the people who were inspired and influenced by him.

Director John Dullaghan spent seven years searching high and low for the most pertinent material he could find about the notorious writer, drinker, and recluse Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). The result is BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS, a highly entertaining, informative tribute to Bukowski's work, his life, and the people who were inspired and influenced by him.

With readings of Bukowski's poems peppered throughout, the documentary traces the progress of his life from his miserable childhood to his 14-year tenure as a postal worker, his column 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man' in the L.A. Free Press, his foul mouth and dark outlook, his misogynistic view of women, his books, and of course, his steady heavy drinking. And yet, the film is uplifting and shows Bukowski's soft, ironic side. BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS succeeds with flying colours, adding new insight to this fascinating and hard-to-know character whose memory will not soon be forgotten.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2004
Release Date:	February 23, 2009
Runtime:	130 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	A R T F 0124
Keywords:	This, Born, English, General, Bukowski, Documentaries, Biographies
Genre:	Documentaries & Biographies