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    Factotum vs. Barfly/Best Actor to Play an Older Buk

    It's hard to remember too many films I've enjoyed as much as Barfly, which I probably watched twenty times from 1987 to 1991. Maybe the Searchers. Casablanca. Touch of Evil. Seven Samurai. I guess that makes it a classic in my book. I just picked up a video from ebay today. So I've got something...
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    Favorite Author (dead and still with us)

    William Faulkner. Light in August Absalom, Absalom As I Lay Dying Go Down, Moses Sanctuary Every book a classic. This is the way writing is supposed to be. That is what I thought when I first read Faulkner. I've since learned to enjoy a lot of different styles. Read some of the...
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    When did you discover Bukowski?

    I first read Notes of a Dirty Old Man, while I was in college. Then I loaned the book to a friend. He refused to return the book, and I doubted that he was reading it. He became evasive about the book everytime I brought it up. I was becoming very concerned about the book. Finally, I had to...
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    On Alcohol

    Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. It has ruined all other beers for me. I'd part with some members of the family before I'd give it up.
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    The Bukowski Tapes by Barbet Schroeder

    I like got my copy of the Bukowski Tapes a few years ago in NYC at a place called Kino Video. My favorite episode of the Bukowski Tapes is Number 15. They should have put that episode in Born Into This instead of the one where he kicks his girlfriend.Number 15 goes something like this...
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