Bukowski - Born Into This -2003- [2021] «Top 100 PREMIUM»

The sound design is visceral. You hear the clack of the typewriter keys, the gurgle of cheap wine being poured, the screech of LA traffic. It puts you in the room with him.

They do not paint him as a saint. They detail the drinking, the screaming matches, and the emotional volatility. Yet, they also speak of his tenderness and his desperate need for connection. Linda King, herself a poet and sculptor, emerges as a formidable presence in the documentary. Bukowski - Born Into This -2003-