Film Reviews - Recommendations

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An all time favorite BARFLY [1987]

Starring: Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Written by: Charles Bukowski and based on his book:
Barfly: The Continuing Saga of Henry Chinaski (1984) ISBN 0-920348-44-0

Barfly is a 1987 film which is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent
drinking heavily in Los Angeles, California. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director
Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in 1984 when film production was still
pending.

Barfly stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, with direction by Schroeder, and was presented by Francis Ford Coppola.
The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself.

The Kino Flo light, now a ubiquitous tool in the film industry, was specially created by Robby Muller's electrical crew
for a scene in this film which would have been difficult to light using the conventional lampheads available at the
time.

The film was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Note:
Charles Bukowski's gritty work is definitely an aquired taste but his
observations, poetry and structure are often brilliant. This film represented
Mickey Rourke at the height of his career as a character actor and his protrayal of Bukowski is superb.

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I love the movie Barfly!! It's been a while since I've seen it, but I'm going to look for it to watch it again in the near future. And I think Charles Bukowski is great. I sometimes use his quotes for status updates!

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I love the movie Barfly!! It's been a while since I've seen it, but I'm going to look for it to watch it again in the near future. And I think Charles Bukowski is great. I sometimes use his quotes for status updates!

He definitely requires an appreciation for dark humour.
Parts of this movie are hilarious.

At the very beginning of the middle clip above is the real Bukowski
sitting at the bar.

The Tom Waits reading at the bottom is a real jewel.

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The Book Of Eli

Release Date: 15 January 2010
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Produced By: Denzel Washington

cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it
wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

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■ There Will Be Blood (2007) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Daniel Day-Lewis has always been an intense, phenomenal character actor
and this film does not disappoint. The film was nominated for eight
Academy Awards including Best Picture, winning Best Actor for Day-Lewis
and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit.

There Will Be Blood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The film is based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! (1927). It tells the story of
a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern
California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The film's
storyline documents the rise of oilman Daniel Plainview [Daniel Day-Lewis]
from humble beginnings and struggle with a manipulative charlatain
preacher named Eli Sunday [Paul Dano].

This is the famous "milkshake" scene at the end of the film in which Eli
Sunday approaches Daniel Plainview one last time in desperation...only to
be informed by Plainview that he unknowingly no longer has anything left
to bargain with.....

[Roadie]

Purple Rain was always a good movie. And, even though it wasn't as popular with everyone else, I loved Under the Cherry Moon. Maybe even more so than I like Purple Rain.