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    $50 for a *copy* of a letter?!

    Oh.. maybe I had it confused with something else... I was under the impression that it was written in 1967...
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    $50 for a *copy* of a letter?!

    I think that the letter IS worth $50. The seller was very honest and upfront about it's nature... also, am I to understand that the paper it's copied on is 40 years old? It would be nice to have a dog-eared copy of such a unique relic. If fact I think I'll try and bid now, if it's not to late...
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    Factotum vs. Barfly/Best Actor to Play an Older Buk

    The thing that makes 'Hollywood' so great is the thinly veiled celebs of that day... Sean Penn as Tom Pell, Timothy Leary as Jim Serry, and my favorite, Tom Jones as Tab Jones. Remember that line 'Tom was married to the famed pop singer Ramona- Madonna! There are many other references in...
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    Factotum vs. Barfly/Best Actor to Play an Older Buk

    The problem that all of the screen adaptations that Bukowski's works face is the lack of arc. If you take apart each of the novels (Factotum is perhaps the best example of this) they all have a 'slice of life' point of view. That is to say they have no build and climax like traditional novels...
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