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Bukowski ( The Roominghouse Madrigals ) has written over 30 books of poetry and fiction in which he uses the persona of the artistic bum with reasonable success. In this flimsy novel, Henry Chinaski is asked to write a screenplay, and thus Bukowski continues his thinly disguised autobiography (Bukowski himself wrote the screenplay for the recent, self-referential Barfly ). When all the Hollywood types Chinaski encounters--directors, lawyers, producers, actors, actresses--fit the same drunken-outcast-but-artistic-genius mold, Bukowski seems to have exhausted his resourcefulness. His characters lose their individuality and the novel lacks force and perspective. This book deteriorates into juvenile satire in which familiar, real-life figures appear with the letters of their names shifted slightly: the famous director Jon-Luc Modard, the philosopher Jean-Paul Sanrah, Frances Ford Lopalla and an obvious Norman Mailer stand-in called Victor Norman.
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In this hilarious roman a clef, Bukowski draws on his experiences while writing the script for the 1987 film Barfly. Henry Chinaski, the author's alter ego in the film, here returns to write--despite misgivings--a Hollywood screenplay, The Dance of Jim Beam. The film is based on Chinaski's early life as a barfly and brawler, before he became a famous author. As he and his companion Sarah are caught up in the Hollywood whirlwind, Bukowski satirizes a host of well-known movie personalities. While Bukowski fans will welcome the reappearance of Chinaski, with his penchant for booze, women, and horse racing, film buffs should enjoy the novel for its delightful and irreverent portrayal of Hollywood. Highly recommended.
- William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
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5.0étoiles sur 5 The original barfly, Déc 28 2003
Par James Ferguson (Vilnius, Lithuania) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Hollywood (Paperback)
Bukowski's humor is razor sharp in this book ostensibly on the making of "Barfly." Bukowski was enjoying some measure of success and even respect by this point, and was approached by Schroeder to write the screenplay for a movie about himself. Bukowski was of course flattered and took up the challenge. His books and poetry have always been about himself in one form or another, but here was his big chance to imagine himself on screen.

Bukowski takes you step by step through the making of the movie, with a sardonic eye for the details. Schroeder and his pal tried to get in touch with the lower east side of LA, which Bukowski enjoys poking fun at. He wasn't too keen about having Mickey Roarke cast as himself, he had Sean Penn in mind, but was smitten with the idea of Faye Dunaway as his love interest.

The book doesn't plunge to the lower depths as do his short stories and poetry. Bukowski keeps himself semi-detached from the subject of his early life. The book, like the movie, looks back at these formative years in a wry way that has a number of amusing twists and turns. He ends appropriately enough with the screening of the movie, with much of the gang invited to attend, making a party of it down in front of the screen as they assessed the film. Not bad, Bukowski concluded.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Hurray for Hollywood!, Nov. 4 2003
Par IRA Ross (HOBOKEN, NJ United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Drinking and creativity do not necessarily go together. For every O'Neill, Faulkner, Hemingway, and London, there are hundreds of others who live lonely, desparate and short existences, slowly drinking themselves to death in complete anonymity. Luckily, the world was blessed to have had Charles Bukowski whose most creative moments emerged when he sat before a typewriter with a wine bottle in one hand. Bukowski wrote gritty and no holds barred novels and poetry about the things he loved best--drinking, horse racing and women. He also wrote the screenplay for "Barfly," a film about his young manhood, spent hanging around seedy bars, getting into drunken brawls with the bartender, and writing some of the best poems this side of the grave.

Bukowski tells the story of his screenwriting experience through his alter ego Henry Chinaski, a survivor when everyone else in his crowd had already died. It's all there--dealing with easily bruised egos, the Hollywood eccentrics, the on again, off again production problems in making the film, and the continuous inconsistency of cash flow. What lends _Hollywood_ its wonderful resonance is its realness--the boldness and the pluck of its coarse leading player, Charles Bukowski/Hank Chinaski. And of course, his inspiration, the bottle of wine which was, even on the set, never too far off.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 I Wish He Was Still Around, Jui 23 2003
This review is from: Hollywood (Paperback)
This had to be one of the most enjoyable books I've read in years. It's actually based on Bukowski's life and the events that lead up to and involve the making of his movie "Barfly." It's totally off the wall, but Bukowski's take on Hollywood's own particular brand of insanity is probably just as true today as it was when Charles Bukowski penned this masterpiece of the absurd. Definitely a great book from one of my favorite writers. Highly recommended!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 barfly movie making process story
excellent story about how charles' BARFLY movie came to be. written in all honest candor and the trials an author has to endure throughout the system of getting this completed
Publié le Déc 31 2002 par William D. Tompkins

4.0étoiles sur 5 Some True Grit Behind the Vapid Glitz
Although far from Bukowski's best, this is a revealing send-up of what happens when brutal honesty (Buk) interacts with the California entertainment industry. Read more
Publié le Nov. 25 2002 par Dorion Sagan

5.0étoiles sur 5 TINSELTOWN FLAKES
Buk was right. His take on screwie Hollywood. Funny and true. He was smart to stay clear of Hollywood's phonies and neurotics (with the exception of writing Barfly for the big... Read more
Publié le Mai 29 2002 par Kirk Alex

4.0étoiles sur 5 'Bukowski light' describes the making of 'Barfly'
Legendary down-and-out poet Henry Chinaski writes a screenplay for a determined film producer at the risk of his soul in this light, but entertaining novel. Read more
Publié le Mars 1 2002 par Dave Deubler

5.0étoiles sur 5 A must read for any Barfly fan.
This novel by Charles Bukowski is basically the making of the movie Barfly. All of the people are recognizable even if given not so obvious fictional names. Read more
Publié le Oct. 29 2001 par Timothy Gager

4.0étoiles sur 5 Quite A Romp
BARFLY is what first brought Buk into my life, so this thinly veiled fictional account of its making was a joy to read. Read more
Publié le Oct. 5 2001 par Mark Begley

4.0étoiles sur 5 Hollywood Trilogy
I have just begun reading books of historical Hollywood fiction and I love it. Even though I don't know who they mean, I can clearly see the characters as described. Read more
Publié le Sep 22 2001 par Karen Curry

4.0étoiles sur 5 Not the Usual Neighborhood
Bukowski exposes the LA film community as having less intersesting and less upsetting characters than his usual neighborhood of drunks and whores and working stiffs. Read more
Publié le Aoû 11 2001 par GN Harris, author "Highli...

5.0étoiles sur 5 the master of L.A. sleaze
We can't get enough of the Buk! R.I.P. Bukowski lives on forever! One of a kind. Hollywood? You get it all here: the insanity as well as the hilarity as only Bukowski can put it... Read more
Publié le Jui 25 2001 par Kirk Alex

5.0étoiles sur 5 Only the drunk and mad survive
This book is a tour de force. It is perhaps one of the most acessible of Bukowski's novels suitable for first time Bukowski readers; it is a loose account of Bukowski's writing of... Read more
Publié le Jui 19 2001 par Springwater Books

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