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MOVIE FEATURE \ 18 NEW FROM IMPRINT FILMS A feast for fans of Charles Bukowski, an Akira Kurosawa clas a sports drama from William Friedkin, and the '90s screen adaptation of a controversial Nabokov novel. Words Scott Hocking is an underground cult hero in the mould of William Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson, whose substance abuse inspired and informed his transgressive prose on skid row life, existential angst, and the social and cultural climate of the city he called home, Los Angeles. But unlike the drug-fuelled work of the former two, Bukowski's poison was alcohol, and his life and exploits are dramatised in director Barbet Schroeder's 1987 film Barfly. Based ona semiautobiographical short story by Bukowski, who adapted it into the screenplay for the film, Barfly casts Mickey Rourke as the seedy Henry Chinaski, a slovenly writer whose creativity is predicated on his levels of inebriation Henry regularly clashes with the bartender (Frank Stallone) at his local dive, leaving him battered and bruised, and becomes enamoured by fellow drunkard Willa Wilcox (Faye Dunaway). But when. a wealthy publisher (Alice Krige) also takes an interest in him and his work, it complicates his relationship with Willa — and the bottle. The kind of movie that makes you want to take along hot shower afterwards, Barfly will polarise viewers and delight fans attuned to Bukowski's world view. Schroeder commissioned Bukowski to write P::: poet and writer Charles Bukowski . Cg (1987) the screenplay in 1979, but it would be eight long years before the film finally arrived. Bukowski initially wanted Sean Penn to play Henry, and the actor agreed on the condition that Dennis Hopper direct the film. But that was never going to happen, as Bukowski considered Hopper to be a ‘gold-chain wearing Hollywood phony" and had already sealed the deal with Schroeder. Consequently, Mickey Rourke was cast and, depending on which account you believe, Bukowski considered his performance to be “misdone" or ‘a good acting job" Imprint's limited two-disc edition of Barfly includes an audio commentary with Schroeder, and new interviews with Alice Krige, Frank Stallone, editor Eva Gardos, and production designer Bob Ziembicki. Bukowski fans are well catered for with a bonus disc featuring the 1985 documentary The Charles Bukowski Tapes, a compilation of 52 short interviews with the man himself, conducted by Barbet Schroeder over three years in the lead-up to production commencing on Barfly. Over a fourhour running time, the chain-smoking and beerswilling Bukowski talks frankly about bars, humanity, and his contempt for modern life, and these vignettes are, predictably, as colourful and opinionated as his prose. visit stack.com.au DERSU UZALA (1975) anemekuceestec aoe aC director Akira Kurosawa’s cinema masterpiece is the remarkable true Roe on cle marcmr is enlisted as a guide by a Soviet survey team, winning their trust with his ingenuity and bravery. Extras include a new audio commentary and Mee M MAU eR enc Ae TC THE ROAD HOME (1999) Get Ronen ne kileTk Orn ars late father a traditional burial, a young man recalls how his parents eeu Mees Ronee Me Mieueuened a tcc directed by acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Pca Meena is rich in romance, culture and ROMS BLUE CHIPS (1994) Directed by William Friedkin (The French Connection), this sports CUES ea OCR (3 basketball coach who resorts to illegal tactics to secure star pla following a losing season. Hoop legends Shaquille O'Neal and CCT Maa IC) FOS COMMS en Acc Mace include a new audio commentary and interviews. LOLITA (1997) MEM TMA cee IAC ese eae ot aie Stanley Kubrick in 1962 - gets a modern makeover from director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction), with Jeremy Irons as the schoolteacher who becomes infatuated with his Bourne le nicis CMCC n Meme ena cd essay, delet LUCA SUSE UMM eee OCF love chronit LCN y relationship that develops between PRS a scUduN a LOL) American woman (Nastas MON OEMS caress kN a) his harem. A staple of the VHS era, this forgotten flick makes a MEM MeCN AUTOM Id OMEN Melek Sea tent Cent) PT eR lee Memmi (while stocks last). jbhifi.com.au JB HIFFE
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