Review of Barfly (1987) by Mark M — 09 Jun 2006
"My name's Billy Blake!" Hank screams in the hallway of the halfway house. How's that for alliteration? If you haven't read Bukowski, this may be a good introduction although the movie is relatively tame compared to stuff on paper. Post Office is highly recommended.
Bukowski actually wrote a novel about the creation of the movie called Hollywood, and demonstrates that it was amazing the film ever got made.
Like most of his work, Bukowski put himself within the dredges of society, although he was (is?) a poetic genius, to observe and participate at what he thought was the core of humanity since he thought it could be easily observed in this condition. A disciple of Schopenhauer for sure.
I believe Bukowski described the events of the movie as two weeks in his life condensed into a few days.
This review of Barfly (1987) was written by Mark M on 09 Jun 2006.
Barfly has generally received positive reviews.
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