Barfly (1987)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Guionista:

Charles Bukowski (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 octubre 1987 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Plot:

Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him...

Plot Keywords:

Bar | Whiskey | Bartender | Radio | Fight

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of Mickey Rourke's best performances in a darkly funny film

Reparto

Mickey Rourke	...	Henry Chinaski
Faye Dunaway	...	Wanda Wilcox
Alice Krige	...	Tully Sorenson
Jack Nance	...	Detective
J.C. Quinn	...	Jim
Frank Stallone	...	Eddie
Sandy Martin	...	Janice
Roberta Bassin	...	Lilly
Gloria LeRoy	...	Grandma Moses
Joe Unger	...	Ben
Harry Cohn	...	Rick
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Joe
Joe Rice	...	Old Man in Bar
Julie 'Sunny' Pearson	...	Hooker in Bar
Donald L. Norden	...	Man in Alley

También conocida como:

El borracho (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (TVC)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (f) | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bryson Hotel - 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Golan-Globus Productions

Trivialidades:

Charles Bukowski wanted Sean Penn to star as protagonist Henry Chinaski, but Penn insisted that Dennis Hopper direct the film. Bukowski had written the screenplay for Barbet Schroeder, who had filmed him for French TV years before, and would not surrender it to Hopper, whom he despised as gold-chain-wearing Hollywood phony. Bukowski and Penn became friends for the rest of his life.

Citas:

Wanda: I hate the police, don't you?
Henry: I don't know, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Co-Dependent's Day (#15.15)" (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Born Under a Bad Sign

One of Mickey Rourke's best performances in a darkly funny film

"Barfly" was a fairly successful film when it was released and garnered generally favorable reviews. Roger Ebert gave it four out of four, and along with "Angel Heart," it helped solidify 1987 as the Year of Mickey Rourke.

However, almost twenty years later it isn't talked so much about anymore, and I feel it deserves to be. Rourke gives one of his finest performances as Henry, a loner who walks hunched over like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Henry works at a bar as a runner - delivering orders and such. But he's always getting into drunken brawls with the bartender, usually losing.

One day Henry's life takes a turn when he meets a downtrodden woman (Faye Dunaway) and they embark on a relationship.

"Barfly" is a great film. Rourke was vocal later on in his career about his dislike of director Barbet Schroeder, but Schroeder's direction is part of what makes this film so good.

However, the absolute best aspect of the movie is Rourke's performance. Embodying the late writer Charles Bukowski (whose work this was based upon, and who had a brief cameo in the film), Rourke is unrecognizable - like Billy Bob Thornton in "Sling Blade," his entire demeanor and physicality seems to change.

I highly recommend "Barfly" - it's funny, dark, witty, touching and downright enjoyable. One of the best films of the '80s.