The first comprehensive documentary of Charles 'Hank' Bukowski (1920-1994). The film traces his extraordinary life, from an abusive childhood through decades of poverty and alcoholism; numerous menial jobs and turbulent relationships; through 14 years as a postal employee; and his eventual international celebrity as a poet, novelist and underground cult icon.
Director John Dullaghan spent seven years researching and shooting 'Bukowski: Born Into This', conducting dozens of interviews with relatives, neighbours, girlfriends and other poets as well as better-known friends like Bono and Sean Penn.
This beautifully crafted documentary peels of the hardened mask of the mythic Bukowski to reveal the insecure, loving and extremely human man and the artist underneath. Here is the story about an extraordinary man who had a message that no matter how difficult or how long the odds, make the most of your life and follow your talents.