How about John Hurt as Chinaski? Though he'd have to get a good accent for Chinasky, maybe bulk up a bit...
check out AMERICAN SPLENDOR with Giamatti; there are some Chinaski elements. George C. Scott, Lee Marvin, Warren Oates, and Bogart circa TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, might be some decent choices for Chinaski: unfortunately, they're all dead.Melissa Sue said:The only thing i've seen Giamatti in is that ridiculous wine movie, which i refused to watch (on a 4-hour plane ride no less) after the first 20 mins, but in general i dont see him as the kind of guy who fidgits with his hemmoroids.
Yes. I think Hollywood is his funniest book, very underrated. Look around, not one thread here about it. ;)The Mayor said:Has anyone else found the novel 'Hollywood' more intrigueing than 'Barfly'? Wasn't the story behind the movie more interesting than the movie itself?
That's easy; Harry Dean Stanton. He's an older guy, but no young actors have the look or the experience (or the talent to fake the experience), and that's been the main problem with people playing him so far. They did try an older guy, a smug, self satisfied Ben Gazzara, and the results were awful.
You might have to kill Sean Penn to get to Stanton with a Bukowski-esque role though.
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There was a made for Broadway play,
maybe it's been discussed in another thread,
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Bukowski From Beyond
Who would be played by...?Someone like Rip Torn at the end of his life, with flashbacks to a younger Buk.
Yes, you areAs far as being an alcoholic I'd suggest Nick Nolte, could that ever work? I don't know... but Rip Torn, with that photo, and that article? Perfect haha. Am I wrong to think he looks very sexy in that picture?
I guess it takes a dumb ass to suggest a dumb ass...He's not the first actor to have problems with alcohol And he really looks like a dumb ass :D
I would rather suggest him:
Bukowski could only be played by an American
A British company covered that bird in oil. Not an American one.
You may have missed the spirit of my post.
I believe that Klaus Kinski would have been a good Bukowski too.Yes , that`s a good choice !
Birol Unel is a fantastic turkish/german actor . He works often with the fabolous filmmaker Fatih Akin.
As you're whining for some more European actors' names, here's another one: Patrick Dewaere.Adjust yourselves, Eurotrash! Bukowski could only be played by an American. Take your poxy little continental girl-men suggestions and tuck them back into their feather beds. It must be time for a nap wherever you're from. Isn't it always time for a nap?
Fucking commoners.
Sure!Klaus Kinski would have been a good Bukowski too.