Charles Bukowski Movies

  • 2016
    Girl on the Escalator

    Girl on the Escalator

    Girl on the Escalator

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    A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

    Girl on the Escalator
  • 2004
    My Old Man

    My Old Man

    My Old Man

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    A boozy writer hammers away on his Underwood, recalling a childhood in which his abusive father kicked him out of the house for writing short...

    My Old Man
  • 2008
    Charles Bukowski: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

    Charles Bukowski: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

    Charles Bukowski: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

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    This is the last poetry reading Charles Bukowski gave outside the US. It was video taped in 1979 by local promoter Dennis Del Torre.

    Charles Bukowski: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here
  • 1988
    Lune Froide

    Lune Froide

    Lune Froide

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    A César award winning short drama based around Charles Bukowski's two stories "Copulating Mermaid of Venice" and "Trouble with the Battery"

    Lune Froide
  • 2017
    Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life

    Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life

    Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life

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    One afternoon, Bukowski sat down to record the audio version of his classic, Run With the Hunted. The session took place in his home with his wife by...

    Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life
  • 2021
    No Leaders, Please

    No Leaders, Please

    No Leaders, Please

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    Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.

    No Leaders, Please
  • 2004
    Son of Satan

    Son of Satan

    Son of Satan

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    Animated adaptation of the Charles Bukowski story.

    Son of Satan
  • 2018
    Love, He Said

    Love, He Said

    Love, He Said

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    1973, San Francisco. Charles Bukowski, underground poet and punk ahead of his time, reads his poem Love to a wild audience who've come to see the...

    Love, He Said
  • 1990
    The Best Hotel on Skid Row

    The Best Hotel on Skid Row

    The Best Hotel on Skid Row

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    America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there....

    The Best Hotel on Skid Row
  • 1970
    Let It Enfold You

    Let It Enfold You

    Let It Enfold You

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    An unseen narrator reads Bukowski's poem over footage of traffic, shopping and nature.

    Let It Enfold You
  • 2008
    Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

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    Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became...

    Il falso bugiardo
  • 2013
    Skoro úplně vymyšlený film

    Skoro úplně vymyšlený film

    Skoro úplně vymyšlený film

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    Skoro úplně vymyšlený film
  • 2016
    Beer

    Beer

    Beer

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    BEER is a free interpretation of the poetry “Beer” from Charles Bukowski. The composition is a manifesto of the author’s way of...

    Beer
  • 2021
    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

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    Death follows a poet for his whole life, being a parasite to the poet.

    Death is Smoking My Cigars
  • 1982
    Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

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    More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of...

    Poetry in Motion
  • 2009
    Decline and Fall

    Decline and Fall

    Decline and Fall

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    After we've seen war-footage come raining upon us at ferocious speed, the image suddenly shifts into an desolated bar, showing the same footage on an...

    Decline and Fall
  • 1973
    Bukowski

    Bukowski

    Bukowski

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    Charles Bukowski is filmed going to a poetry reading in San Francisco.

    Bukowski
  • 1970
    The Pleasures of the Damned

    The Pleasures of the Damned

    The Pleasures of the Damned

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    An Americana bar holds a dramatic confrontation when an old drunk’s unstoppable day drinking is questioned by a young bartender. Inspired by...

    The Pleasures of the Damned
  • 2011
    Violent Youth

    Violent Youth

    Violent Youth

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    Violent youth is a film about a group of children who are struggling in a society. The story takes place in the Nineties years, when Macedonia was at...

    Violent Youth
  • 2019
    Bluebird

    Bluebird

    Bluebird

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    Based on poems by Charles Bukowski.

    Bluebird