Barfly (film)

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Barfly
Image:Barfly 1987 film poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Barbet Schroeder
Produced by	Jack Baran Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Tom Luddy Fred Roos Barbet Schroeder
Written by	Charles Bukowski
Starring	Mickey Rourke Faye Dunaway Alice Krige Jack Nance J.C. Quinn
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release date(s)	30 September, 1987
Running time	97 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Barfly is a 1987 feature film. It is one of two films written by American author and poet Charles Bukowski (the other being Factotum), an autobiography of the part of his life spent drinking in Los Angeles, California.

Barfly stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway and was directed by Barbet Schroeder. It was produced by Francis Ford Coppola and Barbet Schroeder. The movie also features a silent cameo appearance by Bukowski himself.

Notes

• There is a scene where the camera pans upward over Faye Dunaway's legs. This glamour shot was done at her insistence and some fans consider this scene, and her character in general, to be in stark contrast to the theme of the movie. ^[1]
• The film inspired an album, also titled Barfly, by the ska punk band, Buck-O-Nine.
• Charles Bukowski later dramatized his experiences surrounding the film in the book Hollywood.
• The seminal punk rock group NOFX wrote a song on Bukowski titled "Green Corn" in reference to the movie.
• Now out of print, though a petition has started to get the DVD re-released.

References

1. ^ http://www.fandango.com/Commentator.aspx?aid=43&source=ca_title Glamour, Interrupted: Ten Gorgeous Actresses Who Shed Their Beauty for the Sake of “Art” March 12, 2006

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