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Bukowski: Born into This
Directed by
John Dullaghan
R
2003
1h 55m
Documentary
,
Biography
7.8
84%
89%
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Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.
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Cast of Bukowski: Born into This
Charles Bukowski
Self
Harry Dean Stanton
Self
Sean Penn
Self
Bono
Self
Linda Bukowski
Self
Pam Miller
Self
Taylor Hackford
Self
Barbet Schroeder
Self
Tom Waits
Self
Michael D. Meloan
Self
Marina Bukowski
daughter of Charles and Frances Smith
Neeli Cherkovski
Self
Joyce Fante
Self
FrancEyE
a.k.a. Frances Smith
John Dullaghan
Director
Diane Markrow
Producer
John McCormick
Producer
Bukowski: Born into This Ratings & Reviews
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Dullaghan uncovers the human being behind the myth, thanks again to old footage.
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Born Into This, its title taken from one of his poems, is a remarkable movie, because, like Crumb or even American Splendor, it adores the very people most of us might ignore if they passed us on the street.
Dallas Morning News
Jane Sumner
An amazing, worthy journey.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
The filmmaker knows when to shift the rhythm of his investigation. The authenticity of art is woven with the artifice of life.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Over a period of seven years, Dullaghan interviewed hundreds of people who knew or were affected by Bukowski. The result is both wide-ranging and intimate.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
How much was legend, how much was pose, how much was real? I think it was all real, and the documentary suggests as much.
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
Dullaghan's raw and defining documentary about the man -- and the myth.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A portrait of a sometimes surly, often foulmouthed, always brilliant artist that is at once humane, horrific, hilarious and deeply moving.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It is wide-ranging, it is fair, it is thorough, and although it admires, it is also tough enough to condemn.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
A great documentary about a fine writer and horrible human being.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It reveals Bukowski to be a far grander artist than his bum's armor would suggest.
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
As a thorough examination of what made this boozing, brawling womanizer tick, Born Into This can't be beat.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Without straining, this definitive, deeply engrossing film biography makes a strong case for Charles Bukowski as a major American poet.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Speaks for the idolaters without apology. Yet it maintains just enough level-headedness to show the darker, not-so-admirable aspects of the Bukowski legend.
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
Charles Bukowski, the bard of post-war L.A.'s working-class underbelly, was no ordinary cult writer, and John Dullaghan's thorough, compelling doc Bukowski: Born Into This does a credible job of showing why.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Its power springs from the director's shifting between fawning stories from long-time acquaintances and the scraggly, take-it-or-leave-it surliness of Bukowski himself.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
'Poet laureate of the gutter,' ranter, sexual boaster, bane of the middle class and lifelong outcast, the writer cultivated a persona that begs for documentary treatment, and he gets a good one in Bukowski: Born Into This.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
You come out of the theater wanting to beeline to a bookstore, grab a copy of Post Office or Love Is a Dog From Hell, and adjust your opinion as necessary.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Accomplishes beautifully what it sets out to do, which is to reveal the man behind the crusty, hard-drinking, tough-talking persona Charles Bukowski so artfully crafted.
The Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis
A fan-boy hagiography of a mean-spirited alcoholic rather than a serious examination of a powerful writer and his writings.
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