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Deadpan timing and ace perfs bring out the morose humor and surprising warmth in the often miserabilist scribe's voice.
Full reviewBukowski's embarrassingly honest, beatnik, solipsist, alcohol fuelled novel Factotum (n., an employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of capacities). Unpublished but undeterred, Chinaski (Matt Dillon) poetically and prolifically lurches through a succession of dead-end jobs to meet his minimal requirements: getting drunk, getting ladies and gambling at the track. Directed by the entertainingly named Norwegian Bent Hamer (Kitchen Stories).
Deadpan timing and ace perfs bring out the morose humor and surprising warmth in the often miserabilist scribe's voice.
Full reviewShows how this solipsism is a key both to his talent and to his loneliness. Matt Dillon gives a very interesting, studied performance.
Full reviewHamer's take on Bukowski has a hip, latter day 'Beat' sensibility. You want to run out and read the books.
Full reviewHe's a loser, but the film's a well-oiled winner: richly textured, bittersweet and likely to leave you tipsy with laughter.
Full reviewWe aren’t aware of any way to watch Factotum in New Zealand. If we’ve got that wrong, please contact us.
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