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67.
Barfly. Film Publicity Folder.
LA: Cannon Films, Inc., 1987.
Glossy white card folder containing:
i) a stapled 40pp. booklet featuring “A Letter From a Fan” (a 1pp. note by Bukowski), and the cast, credits, synopsis and production notes for the Barbet Schroeder-directed film that starred Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox, a character based on Bukowski’s former girlfriend, Jane Cooney Baker, and Mickey Rourke as Bukowski’s alter ego, Henry Chinaski;
ii) a large folded sheet featuring production stills, quotes, and “A Conversation with Charles Bukowski” (a 2pp. interview by Chris Hodenfield reprinted from Film Comment, August 1987);
iii) ten 8x10 glossy stills, six of them featuring Faye Dunaway. Charles Bukowski, who appeared in the background of one scene, sitting at the bar with the other ‘barflies’, later fictionalised his experiences of writing the screenplay and the film’s production in “Hollywood” (Black Sparrow Press, 1989).
Edges of folder somewhat creased; contents Near Fine.
Price:
£40.00
