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There is a quote from his book "Women" that pretty much explains everything this article is complaining about: "Hey baby, when I write, I'm the hero of my shit
by oraphalous 8y ago
There is a quote from his book "Women" that pretty much explains everything this article is complaining about:
"Hey baby, when I write, I'm the hero of my shit."
You either accept that conceit - or there isn't much point reading his work.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoHe tells that to a filmographer following him around as well who notes it after a confrontation between the two—in a documentary. I forget which doc, though. Saw it probably ten years ago. Something like “you’ve got your film, you do your film. ... I’m the hero of my shit.”
- oraphalous 8y agoI can't remember the context of the quote well enough - but I wonder if he was writing about the same moment. It was something about a guy complaining that Bukowski had misrepresented a moment between them in an earlier work to which Bukowski simply acknowledges as essentially correct, but that - he is the hero of his shit. If you remember the doc it'd be great to know what it is. I would love to see the live action complement to that moment.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoOh possibly— I meant to write that 'he also* tells'. It was likely the same line, in a later instance—repeating what he wrote in the book. BTW, I think the doc was "Born Into This": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32g3g7r4Q8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32g3g7r4Q8
- oraphalous 8y agoCheers! :)
- 52-6F-62 8y agoAll good. If you haven't seen it, the movie version of Ask The Dust by John Fante (one of Bukowskis idols) was also enlightening. There's a lot of attention being paid to the novels in this thread. His most impactful stuff was the poetry, though. Novels paid the bills, AFAIU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_the_Dust_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_the_Dust_(film)