Father Luke
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That was cool.
Movies you may like if you like bukowski
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That was cool.
chronic
old and in the way
You may also like this one if you like Bukowski... or not.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VABSoHYQr6k
WARNING: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CATHOLICS OR THE FAINT OF HEART
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VABSoHYQr6k
WARNING: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CATHOLICS OR THE FAINT OF HEART
Oh the gods, when I saw this the first time I just couldn't get it out of my mind. I just couldn't. I was going through the scences in my mind trying to figure out when I could jump into the story and save Nick Cage's character.
I think the documentary by Sarah George entitled Catching Out will be most enjoyable to anyone who likes Buk.
As for movies, I think anything by Lynch and the Coen Brothers is pretty good, even the notsogood stuff.
ROC
It is what it is
That's just wrong.
I laughed my ass off.
(not a catholic... or anything else for that matter).
I can't recall the original but Kurasawa wrote a great screenplay that was adapted to English called Runaway Train with Jon Voight.
Father Luke
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Movies Bukowski may have liked:
I'll go first:
Seabiscuit
I'll go first:
Seabiscuit
I wonder if most of the people that watched it really "got it." It's nice to see a movie made with snobbery in mind--I'm thinking of the scenes where Giamatti throws a fit about merlot.
I also wonder how many people stopped drinking merlot after seeing that movie. I think from now on I'll pronounce wines the way they look to piss off the elitists and tell them how much I enjoyed a bottle of $10 wine I got on sale.
EDIT: Now I'm off to make a post about how I'm young (early 20s) and NOT antagonistic.
Father Luke
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Anyone mention Harold and Maude?
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postino
I always thought that mamet films were something similiar to Bukowski. Glengarry glen ross, American Buffalo
First my top 3...and I'm not sure if any of this has to do with liking Bukowski...let alone with his tastes...
The Lost Weekend (a good drinking movie, but read the book, there's alot they changed, like the ending).
Raging Bull (I know Buk was a fight fan, and as portraits go, this one of Lamotta is pretty damn good).
The Cooler (strange gambling film with William H. Macy and Maria Bello and a surprisingly good perfomance by Alec Baldwin).
Now the other thing...someone mentioned Leaving Las Vegas. I remember this came out just after I put down the bottle, and it had all the boys and girls in the church basements squirming. "Whatever you do," they said, "don't watch it alone...it'll make you drink." So of course, I waited until my wife (then fiancée) was out, and rented it.
Nick Cage really doesn't know anything about drinking. First off, if I were gona drink myself to death, I'd have a lot more fun with it. And if Elizabeth Shue were sucking me off, I'd seriously reconsider the whole death thing entirely. Was that rude? Sorry. Anyway, the film was a plodding load of crap, and no, it didn't make me drink.
The Lost Weekend (a good drinking movie, but read the book, there's alot they changed, like the ending).
Raging Bull (I know Buk was a fight fan, and as portraits go, this one of Lamotta is pretty damn good).
The Cooler (strange gambling film with William H. Macy and Maria Bello and a surprisingly good perfomance by Alec Baldwin).
Now the other thing...someone mentioned Leaving Las Vegas. I remember this came out just after I put down the bottle, and it had all the boys and girls in the church basements squirming. "Whatever you do," they said, "don't watch it alone...it'll make you drink." So of course, I waited until my wife (then fiancée) was out, and rented it.
Nick Cage really doesn't know anything about drinking. First off, if I were gona drink myself to death, I'd have a lot more fun with it. And if Elizabeth Shue were sucking me off, I'd seriously reconsider the whole death thing entirely. Was that rude? Sorry. Anyway, the film was a plodding load of crap, and no, it didn't make me drink.
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Domator
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I read that! I was shocked. Not because he was alcoholic and i can read about dark sides of this addiction, but Jackson wrote in perfect style about our humans manner. I read and said: "It's so true, i'd do this in same way like him".
Father Luke
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Haw haw haw. Great stuff.
ROC
It is what it is
Oh great.... thanks!
Now I'm gonna be seeing that every time I close my eyes tonight!
:D
That was fantastic. Thanks.
I don't know if these are movies you would like, but I suspect Buk may have liked them.
10. Forrest Hump
9. Pulp Friction
8. Romancing the Bone
7. Snow White and the Seven Sailors
6. Saving Ryan's Privates
5. Buffy the Vampire Layer
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Dildoes
3. Rambone
2. Monty's Python and the Holey Girl
1. E-Three: The Extra Testicle
Yeah, Mamet could have done something with the old sot. I lived in Pawtucket when they did American Buffalo.
It's a real drinker's town, that's fer sure.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Not to put ice in your coffee but I do not think that I'l be able to watch another documentary on the vietnam war unless the documentary was shot by a vietnamese.
i like iced coffee! the thing is, it's not about the vietnam war as much as dieter surviving the pow camps after being shot down in the jungle. and the director, werner herzog, is german if that helps...i know what you mean though. this is more a tale of survival against a billion to one odds and never giving up hope, all that good stuff.:)