Charles Bukowski

Born: 1920-08-16

Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambiance of his home city of Los Angeles.


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Barfly

as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1987-09-02

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're...

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Bukowski: Born Into This

as Self
Released: 2003-01-18

Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski,...

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You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski

as Himself
Released: 2016-09-02

A long night spent drinking, smoking, and talking about sex, literature, childhood and humanity...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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Poetry in Motion

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-17

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in...

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Supervan

as Cameo
Released: 1977-03-01

A man named Clint enters a solar-powered van called Vandora into a competition called Freakout.

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Il falso bugiardo

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-07-03

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the...

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

as uncredited
Released: 2008-02-28

This is the last poetry reading Charles Bukowski gave outside the US. It was video taped in 1979...

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Daedalus

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 2024-07-17

"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Daedalus weaves a tale of...

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The Charles Bukowski Tapes

as Himself
Released: 1985-01-07

The Charles Bukowski Tapes are an altogether more than four hours long collection of 52...

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Bukowski: The Last Straw

as uncredited
Released: 2008-04-22

The Last Straw is a film documenting the very last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski...

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On The Tragedies Of Ordinary Life

as himself ( voice )
Released: 2018-12-30

In this Bukowski poem entitled, "The Shoelace Poem," Bukowski invites the listener/reader to...

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Bukowski at Bellevue

as Charles Bukowski
Released: 1970-11-11

In the spring of 1970 Charles Bukowski took his first plane trip for a poetry reading at...

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Love, He Said

as Himself
Released: 2018-10-22

1973, San Francisco. Charles Bukowski, underground poet and punk ahead of his time, reads his...

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Charles Bukowski's Crappy Life

as uncredited
Released: 2017-04-24

One afternoon, Bukowski sat down to record the audio version of his classic, Run With the...

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Bukowski

as uncredited
Released: 1973-01-01

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

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The Best Hotel on Skid Row

as Narrator
Released: 1990-03-25

America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and...

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On Life

as Himself ( voice )
Released: 2021-06-10

Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a...

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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