Bukowski: Born Into This

Charles Bukowski, the late hard drinking novelist and poet is a leading cult figure of the **60's. This thoroughly entertaining doc is a definitive screen bio of him. Utilizing an impressive mix of affection and critical distance, Dullaghan (along with CRUMB Editor Victor Livingston) brilliantly weaves his subject's charisma and contradictions with countless interviews and a wealth of rare archival material, including Barbet Schroeder's amazing "BUKOWSKI TAPES" where he drunkenly rails against the calm and composed Linda.