It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2005)
- Original title
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
- Directed by
- Kenneth Shiffrin, Michael W. Dean
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary interviews writer Hubert Selby Jr. about his life and work. The film also includes conversations with many of his friends and admirers.
intimatereflectivecontemplativepersonalearnestslow-pacedliterarynostalgic
What happens
Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is a 2005 documentary film about writer Hubert Selby Jr. The film's title It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is taken from Selby's novel, The Demon. The slash is included in Selby's typography. In the film, Selby explains that, on his manual typewriter, an apostrophe meant typing an "uppercase 8", so it was simpler to use a slash. Selby objects to apostrophes generally, preferring the spelling "dont" to "don't". The 79-minute film features new interviews with Selby, known by his nickname "Cubby", as well as Lou Reed, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, James Remar, Darren Aronofsky, Uli Edel, Gilbert Sorrentino, Nick Tosches, Jerry Stahl, Richard Price, Amiri Baraka, James Ragan, Michael Silverblatt, Jem Cohen, Kenneth Shiffrin, Nicolas Winding Refn, Desmond Nakano, Susan Compo, and Kaytie Lee with archival appearances by Henry Rollins and Anthony Kiedis. The film is narrated by Robert Downey Jr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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