Disclaimer: I am not particularly familiar with Charles Bukowski's work, and many of the other commenters to date compare this movie with his work. I don't have that point of view, so this is only about the movie.
A short story is a short story because it's meant to be short. Trying to put them together is like gluing together a pack of lifesavers. It may end up one big chunk, but there's not question that it was nothing more than it's individual pieces.
That's what this movie is like. It felt like a collection of short stories, held together only by one character who inhabits each of them. The segments could have been reordered in almost any combination and it would not have affected the film.
The acting was quite good, the dialogue was above average, and some of the film-making techniques were quite effective. The only thing the movie was missing was a point. The characters weren't engaging, and there was no plot to speak of. It was just a character study of uninspiring characters.
I'm sure that there was some reason to have made this movie. Perhaps Bukowski fans can relate to it better than I can, but I really didn't see the point.
A short story is a short story because it's meant to be short. Trying to put them together is like gluing together a pack of lifesavers. It may end up one big chunk, but there's not question that it was nothing more than it's individual pieces.
That's what this movie is like. It felt like a collection of short stories, held together only by one character who inhabits each of them. The segments could have been reordered in almost any combination and it would not have affected the film.
The acting was quite good, the dialogue was above average, and some of the film-making techniques were quite effective. The only thing the movie was missing was a point. The characters weren't engaging, and there was no plot to speak of. It was just a character study of uninspiring characters.
I'm sure that there was some reason to have made this movie. Perhaps Bukowski fans can relate to it better than I can, but I really didn't see the point.