The Charles Bukowski Tapes

The Charles Bukowski Tapes are an altogether more than four hours long collection of 52 shortinterviews with the American cult author Charles Bukowski sorted by topic and each between one and ten minutes long Director Barbet Schroeder Barfly interviews Bukowski about such themes as alcohol violence and women and Bukowski answers willingly losing himself in sometimes minutelong monologues Amongst other things Bukowski leads the small camera team through his parents house and his former neighbourhood but the largest part of the interviews takes place in Bukowskis flat or backyard The documentary includes a scene in which Bukowski reacts violently toward his wife Linda Lee