The great Ben Gazzara (The Big Lebowski, Happiness) brilliantly plays Charles Bukowski’s lowlife alter-ego, Charles Serking, in this gritty adaptation of Bukowski’s groundbreaking novel, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972). Passionately directed by Marco Ferreri (La Grande Bouffe), this journey into the sordid, hard drinking travails of America’s beat poet laureate sees Gazzara tramp the seedy flophouses, bars and whorehouses of 70s Los Angeles, and fall in love with the bewitching, psychotic Ornella Muti along the way. Immortalised in numerous films from Barfly (1987), starring Mickey Rourke, to Factotum (2006), with Matt Dilon, Bukowski is brought to life in great method-acting style by Gazzara, making this a must-have for Bukowski fans.