Re: Bukowski: Born Into This

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/9/05, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Although I had a VHS screener of the 2004 "Bukowski: Born Into This" on my
> shelves for over a year, I only got around to watching it last night. Since
> the insufferably pretentious Bono of U2 fame--a Bukowski fan--was among the
> interviewees for this documentary about the decidedly unglamorous writer
> who died of leukemia in March 1994 at the age of 73, I was leery of
> first-time director John Dullaghan's intentions. As it turned out, this
> film is deeply moving and true to the memory of the man that Sartre called
> "America's greatest poet."

If you like Bukowsky, you might like Tom Russell's DVD, "Hot Walker."
(http://www.lonestarmusic.com/album.asp?aid=3035)
-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.