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'''''The Charles Bukowski Tapes''''' are a collection of short-interviews with the American writer/poet [[Charles Bukowski]], filmed and assembled by [[Barbet Schroeder]] and first published in 1987 in the [[United States|USA]]. Today, the video documentary is considered a [[cult classic]].
'''''The Charles Bukowski Tapes''''' are a collection of short interviews with the American writer/poet [[Charles Bukowski]], filmed and assembled by [[Barbet Schroeder]] and first published in 1985. Today, the video documentary is considered a [[cult classic]].


==Synopsis==
==Plot==
The Charles Bukowski Tapes are an altogether more than four hours long collection of 52 short-interviews with the American cult author Charles Bukowski, sorted by topic and each between one and ten minutes long. Director Barbet Schroeder ''([[Barfly (film)|Barfly]])'' interviews Bukowski about such themes as alcohol, violence, and women, and Bukowski answers willingly, losing himself in sometimes minute-long monologues. Amongst other things, Bukowski leads the small camera team through his parents’s house and his former neighbourhood, but the largest part of the interviews takes place in Bukowski’s flat or backyard. The documentary includes a scene in which Bukowski reacts violently toward his wife Linda Lee.
The Charles Bukowski Tapes are an altogether more than four hours long collection of 52 short-interviews with the American cult author Charles Bukowski, sorted by topic and each between one and ten minutes long. Director Barbet Schroeder ''([[Barfly (film)|Barfly]])'' interviews Bukowski about such themes as alcohol, violence, and women, and Bukowski answers willingly, losing himself in sometimes minute-long monologues. Amongst other things, Bukowski leads the small camera team through his parents’ house and his former neighbourhood, but the largest part of the interviews takes place in Bukowski's flat or backyard. The documentary includes a scene in which Bukowski reacts violently toward his wife Linda Lee.


==History of origin==
==History of origin==
The documentary was assembled from about 64 hours of film footage, which accrued during the three-year lead time for Schroeder’s motion picture ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'', for which Bukowski wrote the autobiographical script.
The documentary was assembled from about 64 hours of film footage, which occurred during the three-year lead time for Schroeder's motion picture ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'', for which Bukowski wrote the autobiographical script.


==Critical reception==
==Critic==
{{Quotation|An outrageously stimulating and unnerving all-night drinking session with a gutter eloquent barroom philosopher. […] One of the most intimate, revealing and unsparing glimpses any film or video has ever given us of a writer’s life and personality.|Michael Wilmington|The Los Angeles Times}}
{{Blockquote|An outrageously stimulating and unnerving all-night drinking session with a gutter eloquent barroom philosopher. […] One of the most intimate, revealing and unsparing glimpses any film or video has ever given us of a writer’s life and personality.|Michael Wilmington|The Los Angeles Times}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1019894}}


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The Charles Bukowski Tapes
Directed byBarbet Schroeder[1]
Written byBarbet Schroeder
Produced byBarbet Schroeder
StarringCharles Bukowski
CinematographySteven Hirsh, Elliot Enzig Porter, Paul Challacombe
Edited byBarbet Schroeder, Paul Challacombe
Music byJean Louis Vallero
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish

The Charles Bukowski Tapes are a collection of short interviews with the American writer/poet Charles Bukowski, filmed and assembled by Barbet Schroeder and first published in 1985. Today, the video documentary is considered a cult classic.

Plot

[edit]

The Charles Bukowski Tapes are an altogether more than four hours long collection of 52 short-interviews with the American cult author Charles Bukowski, sorted by topic and each between one and ten minutes long. Director Barbet Schroeder (Barfly) interviews Bukowski about such themes as alcohol, violence, and women, and Bukowski answers willingly, losing himself in sometimes minute-long monologues. Amongst other things, Bukowski leads the small camera team through his parents’ house and his former neighbourhood, but the largest part of the interviews takes place in Bukowski's flat or backyard. The documentary includes a scene in which Bukowski reacts violently toward his wife Linda Lee.

History of origin

[edit]

The documentary was assembled from about 64 hours of film footage, which occurred during the three-year lead time for Schroeder's motion picture Barfly, for which Bukowski wrote the autobiographical script.

Critical reception

[edit]

An outrageously stimulating and unnerving all-night drinking session with a gutter eloquent barroom philosopher. […] One of the most intimate, revealing and unsparing glimpses any film or video has ever given us of a writer’s life and personality.

— Michael Wilmington, The Los Angeles Times

References

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  1. ^ Soren Andersen (December 4, 1987). "It was a long road for 'Barfly'". Merced Sun-Star. p. 11. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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