The Last Straw (2008)

Original title

Bukowski: The Last Straw

Directed by

Jon Monday

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

2.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Last Straw documents Charles Bukowski's final live poetry reading, which took place in 1980 at a California music club. The film shows Bukowski performing his poems to an audience in a straightforward, unproduced way.

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What happens

The Last Straw is a film documenting the last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski, even though he lived and wrote for another 14 years. The reading was given at The Sweetwater, a music club in Redondo Beach, California on March 31, 1980. The film was produced and directed by Jon Monday for mondayMEDIA and released in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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