This drama is not for everyone, especially not for ones who usually watch popular romantic comedies. There is no happy end here. It's about addiction to drinking whisky and writing poems, about living a miserable live of a poor man without any work or money.
A movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and a screenplay was written by Charles Bukowski, poet and writer. Anyone who knows Bukowski's work should find this movie interesting, I think it's the best screen adaptation of his work. His writing style was specific: alcoholism, women, horse races, poetry, poor people from social margin, L. A., classical music, madness or loneliness. Action is based in the '60 so we can see colorful and neon streets of East Hollywood, mostly bars and cocktail clubs, and listen to some nice hippie music. The story is about a romance between two characters: Henry and Linda. The main character, outsider Henry Chinaski is screenwriter's alter ego.
Mickey Rourke, who played Henry Chinaski was very realistic, pitiful, but also sensitive. At the other hand Faye Dunaway as Wanda seems really dissatisfied. The interesting character is also a pugnacious bartender - Eddie who was played by Frank Stallone - Sylvester Stallone's brother. At the beginning, there was a short scene in the bar when one of the customers was Charles Bukowski himself.
I recommend that movie to all Bukowski's fans as a curiosity. If You don't know an author, it can be difficult for you to understand the whole story and conception.
A movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and a screenplay was written by Charles Bukowski, poet and writer. Anyone who knows Bukowski's work should find this movie interesting, I think it's the best screen adaptation of his work. His writing style was specific: alcoholism, women, horse races, poetry, poor people from social margin, L. A., classical music, madness or loneliness. Action is based in the '60 so we can see colorful and neon streets of East Hollywood, mostly bars and cocktail clubs, and listen to some nice hippie music. The story is about a romance between two characters: Henry and Linda. The main character, outsider Henry Chinaski is screenwriter's alter ego.
Mickey Rourke, who played Henry Chinaski was very realistic, pitiful, but also sensitive. At the other hand Faye Dunaway as Wanda seems really dissatisfied. The interesting character is also a pugnacious bartender - Eddie who was played by Frank Stallone - Sylvester Stallone's brother. At the beginning, there was a short scene in the bar when one of the customers was Charles Bukowski himself.
I recommend that movie to all Bukowski's fans as a curiosity. If You don't know an author, it can be difficult for you to understand the whole story and conception.