Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)

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" Charles Bukowski was one hell of a writer, and this movie is a testament to his greatness. Through the people who knew him, this documentary reveals his coarse and often boorish personality and tells the story of his life and inspirations. This is basically a solid documentary and a must-see for any Bukowski fan. The guy lived, wrote stupendously profane literature and poetry, banged every woman he possibly could, drank all the booze he could find, and died after living a rich and full life"

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"Through the first 15 minutes or so I didn't much like this. "Great", I thought. "Here's another uncreative approach at trying to capture the essence of a dick-headish, albeit great, writer." Luckily, the film began to expose its soul and at the same time shed some revealing light on the wounded, but relentless soul of it's subject. By the end I was struck by the unadorned, yet extremely thorough scope of this documentary and the surprising intimacy it achieved."

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" Through the first 15 minutes or so I didn't much like this. "Great", I thought. "Here's another uncreative approach at trying to capture the essence of a dick-headish, albeit great, writer." Luckily, the film began to expose its soul and at the same time shed some revealing light on the wounded, but relentless soul of it's subject. By the end I was struck by the unadorned, yet extremely thorough scope of this documentary and the surprising intimacy it achieved."

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"Favorite documentary. "

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"I met Bukowski years back, so that encounter made this doc at least moderately interesting."