Bukowski Documentaries

These two documentaries cover the life Charles Bukowski, novelist and poet.

1) Bukowski Born Into this (2003)
2) Bukowski -Live October 12, 1979 (2008)

Bukowski Live covers his 1979 rowdy, profane, poetry reading in Vancouver BC.  Ah, the 1970s.  Everyone, the audience, Bukowski, the club owners, seem to be in various stages of drunkeness.  There's an energy and honesty to Bukowski that's endering but it comes with much loutishness and profanity. Definitly not PG.  I felt that Bukowski's anger at the audience was mostly an act and he apprecitated their involvement .  Anyway, its entertaining, if you're in the mood for it. Rating **1/2 

Bukowski Born Into this is the family authorized documentary of Bukowski's life.  The beginning is rather dull as the filmmaker talks about how he met Bukowski, why he decided to do the film, etc. After a boring 15 minutes, the film improves.  Still, like many film biographies, we get way too much blah blah narrative and not enough talk from the man himself or those who knew him. But it does have some good moments. Rating **