It does, however, side with the protagonist's Romantic worldview of the writer as an artist whose role is just to express himself, no matter how immoral that expression may be. The movie makes few judgments on the protagonist's immoral lifestyle and character. The movie's performances and humor keep the viewer interested, but the movie also contains plenty of strong foul language, lots of alcohol abuse, some drunken violence, explicit sex, and brief nudity. He is a writer who risks everything, but finds poetry in the pleasure and pain that is his chosen life. The drunken protagonist lives on the edge. Their on-again, off-again romance is accompanied by Henry's lack of interest in any steady work except his writing.įACTOTUM is a slice-of-life drama, but focuses on lives lived in the gutter. Their intoxicated relationship totters between love, desire and loathing. Henry begins a relationship with another alcoholic, Jan, played by Lili Taylor. Henry considers himself a writer, but his quests for booze and women sidetrack him.
Dillon plays Bukowski's alcoholic alter-ego, Henry Chinaski. Urn:oclc:799285657 Scandate 20100921012643 Scanner, based on an early novel by the alcoholic, iconoclastic writer, Charles Bukowski, stars Matt Dillon. OL50452W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.18 Pages 224 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:2246330815 Urn:lcp:factotum00buko:epub:de6ace66-a8a4-4b98-9f43-8fab4186d175 Extramarc Duke University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier factotum00buko Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t83j47f4m Isbn 0876852649 Lccn 75034231 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:42:33 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA126712 Camera Canon 5D City Los Angeles Curatestate approved DonorĪlibris Edition 27th print.
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