Bukowski: Born Into This

hank solo · Mar 27, 2006

Quigley said:
Could you forgive a really newbie question but where does your quote come from?:

"What a stinking age. What a set of ass-lickers."

Its from a letter that Bukowski wrote... to Wm Corrington in Jan 1963.

Bukfan · Mar 27, 2006

jsanc said:
I just rented the dvd. In my humble opinion, I think it was extremely well done. As far as Bono or Waits or anyone else being in it, what the f---!!?? "Celebrity clout"? this is a film about a great poet's life. And PLEASEEEE, at least it you are going to be critical over some ridiculous crap about celebrities, spell Tom Waits name correctly. He's up there with Bukowski, as far as I'm concerned.

Sorry if I pissed you of with my remark about Tom Waits being in there to add "celebrity clout" to the movie.I am not questioning his talent, just wondering why he?s in the movie. Lot?s of people like Buk and lot?s of people have had a father who liked bars, like Tom Waits father did. But that?s not a criteria for being in a movie. In my humble opinion there are many people better suited to appear. People who actually knew Buk. Girlfriends, poets, publishers etc. And by the way, I do like Tom Waits and Bono too...

Quigley · Mar 28, 2006

hank solo said:
Its from a letter that Bukowski wrote... to Wm Corrington in Jan 1963.

Thank you very much... interesting quote!

hank solo · Mar 28, 2006

Bukefan said:
..In my humble opinion there are many people better suited to appear. People who actually knew Buk. Girlfriends, poets, publishers etc...

If you read through the end credits of Bukowski: Born into this, you'll see a few names that where obviously interviewed, but for whatever reason, didn't make the movie. Some of those names are very interesting.

I wanted to ask John Dullaghan 'what did Ms L King have to say? what did Mr M Rourke have to say?' but I guess I'll never know...

mjp · Mar 28, 2006

hank solo said:
I wanted to ask John Dullaghan 'what did Ms L King have to say? what did Mr M Rourke have to say?' but I guess I'll never know...

Maybe he's saving those for the three disc Special Limited Edition Golden Classic Collector's Anniversary Edition. Or something. ;)

Then again, maybe he'll show up here one day and tell us when we'll get to see those...

hoochmonkey9 · Mar 28, 2006

mjp said:
Then again, maybe he'll show up here one day and tell us when we'll get to see those...

well, that would be nice...

mjp · Mar 28, 2006

Something tells me he's lurking. ;)

Come on out, John, and get your hero's welcome. Born Into This is an excellent film.

hoochmonkey9 · Mar 28, 2006

christ, seriously? john, brother, well done, don't be afraid of the accolades...

Charlie · Mar 28, 2006

hank solo said:
If you read through the end credits of Bukowski: Born into this, you'll see a few names that where obviously interviewed, but for whatever reason, didn't make the movie. Some of those names are very interesting.

I wanted to ask John Dullaghan 'what did Ms L King have to say? what did Mr M Rourke have to say?' but I guess I'll never know...

He said in the commentary that he didn't interview Rourke. Four or so years into the making of Born, he scheduled an interview with R for a Friday, and Dull had to quit his chance at getting a job just to make the interview. And when he got there, R was a no-show.

cirerita · Mar 29, 2006

I haven't seen the doc as of yet, but in Bukowski Review #4 -the one edited by J.J. Smith- she kind of complains of being left out -together with many more- and being considered some sort of an "out-take".

by the way, she said something nice about me in the intro. of the Review :D

mjp · Mar 29, 2006

cirerita said:
by the way, she said something nice about me in the intro. of the Review :D

Well for those of us who don't have it, what did she say about you?

jose leitao · Apr 3, 2006

This is interesting:

Japanese Promo Poster for Born into This on eBay.

grahamcooke · Apr 3, 2006

Born Into This (cigarettes)

I'm drinking red wine smoking cigarettes, it's 12pm. I'm 8/10 of the way throught Born Into This which arrived today. We had to stop it so I could smoke, I can only smoke in the computer room...

Anyway... my girlfriend is getting into Hank for the first time. She's all enthusiastic... Has anyone else seen this movie with someone who has not previously read or liked Buk?

G.

bospress.net · Apr 3, 2006

Hi,
I watched it with my wife. She now undertands him (and me) better.

Thanks Buk!

Bill

grahamcooke · Apr 3, 2006

PS- Bono is a bit of a twat in the extras. I wish he'd stop mentionting God.

G.

mjp · Apr 3, 2006

Well I haven't seen it with anyone who was unaware of Bukowski, but I can see how someone who never heard of him could watch it and be interested. It's a very well made documentary, and a well made documentary draws you in regardless of the subject.

bmcg · Apr 4, 2006

grahamcooke said:
PS- Bono is a bit of a twat in the extras. I wish he'd stop mentionting God.

Bono mentioning God ? strange, I always got the impression that Bono thought he was God.

First caught Born Into This with four friends, two of whom had never read a word of Bukowski - but I believe the film certainly made an impression - course this was aided I'm sure by the fact that it was free entry and was shown in a bar - I kid you not:

http://www.cqaf.com/sound_02.html

grahamcooke · Apr 4, 2006

bmcg said:
Bono mentioning God - strange, I always got the impression that Bono thought he was God.

There's the old joke-
What's the difference between God and Bono?
God doesn't go around the streets of Dublin thinking he's Bono.

G.

bmcg · Apr 4, 2006

Classic - Any Bono joke is a good joke.

Bukfan · Apr 5, 2006

Yeah...it is interesting! It's too bad that my japanese is a bit rusty...:)

HenryChinaski · Apr 10, 2006

Indeed. I'd take a U.S. one though

Melissa Sue · Apr 11, 2006

dear netflix,

you suck. where is my buk dvd? it was supposed to be here saturday. i'm going to be The Last Kid On The Forum to see this movie. please send it tomorrow.

*sigh*
~Melissa Sue

David Dunne · Apr 13, 2006

Bono is a joke

hoochmonkey9 · Apr 18, 2006

just finished listening to the directors commentary track on the dvd...
for those who haven't yet, go put it on...lots of info not in the doc, very well done. I've watched the doc 3 times now and I'm not bored...nice work, John... if you're lurking, as previously intimated in another thread that I can't seem to find right now (don't blame the wine, blame me), come on out, we have a lot to talk about...

Ambrose Mensch · Apr 19, 2006

Ever since watching Born, I've been thinking about those little Indian bidi cigs he's always seen smoking (at least I think that's what those are). Anyone know what his brand was?

sidrocket76 · Apr 30, 2006

Torrent

Just downloaded this movie ... The Quality is very good, downloadspeed too - took me about 1.5 hr for a 1.3gig file.

mjp · Apr 30, 2006

We don't link to bootleg copies of commercially available things, sidrocket76, so I edited your post.

bospress.net · Apr 30, 2006

Hi mjp,
I was going to say something, but didn't want to seem like the bootleg narc!

It needed to be said, though.
Bill

mjp · Apr 30, 2006

Well, things could slip by me here and there, so you guys can always private message me. Eventually we'll have a moderator or two to help keep things in order. But so far everyone has been pretty cool and there hasn't been much need for moderators.

bospress.net · May 1, 2006

Hi mjp,
I agree. Usually these sites have personality clashes with insults and bickering. It is great to see a forum that seems to get along so well.
Bill

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