You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski

Directed by Matteo Borgardt

Year: 2020

Running Time: 53 minutes

Country: U.S., Italy, Mexico

Language: English

English Closed Captions

Producer and journalist Silvia Bizio introduces an evening with writer Charles Bukowski by recounting her time with the author and the discovery of an extraordinary time capsule that lead to the documentary’s creation. This short documentary is based on a video interview conducted by Bizio in January of 1981 with Bukowski at his home in San Pedro, California. It was a long night of smoking cigarettes and drinking wine with Bukowski and his soon to be wife, Linda Lee Beighle, talking about all kinds of subjects, from writers to sex, love and humanity. The interview was shot on Umatic tapes which have been digitized and edited along with new shots in Super8 of scenes of Los Angeles today and poems read by the same Bukowski.

Watch our virtual Q&A with journalist and producer Silvia Bizio and director Matteo Borgardt, moderated by Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Peter Baxter, then check out Charles Bukowski Turns 100! – a birthday celebration hosted by Matt Dillon.

Reviews

"A time capsule which captures an iconic American author in his natural state and habitat. Must see footage for any Bukowski enthusiast."

- Hammer to Nail

"Exuberant, surprising and fascinating."

- Panorama Magazine

"Innovative, visceral."

- GQ Italy

Awards

Official Selection – Venice Film Festival (Venice Days), Slamdance Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival, Madeira Film Festival

Cast

Charles Bukowski
Linda Lee Beighle
Silvia Bizio
Frances Schoenberger
Michael Montfort
James Borgardt

Crew

Directed by Matteo Borgardt

Venue	City	State	Screening Options
ACME Screening Room	Lambertville	NJ	Virtual Cinema
AFI Silver	Silver Spring	MD	Virtual Cinema
Alamo Drafthouse Winchester	Winchester	VA	Virtual Cinema
Art Theatre of Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	Virtual Cinema
Balboa Theatre	San Francisco	CA	Virtual Cinema
Bozeman Film Society	Bozeman	MT	Virtual Cinema
Brattle Theatre	Cambridge	MA	Virtual Cinema
Cape Ann Community Cinema	Gloucester	MA	Virtual Cinema
Charles Theatre	Baltimore	MD	Virtual Cinema
Chelsea Theater	Chapel Hill	NC	Virtual Cinema
Cinemapolis	Ithaca	NY	Virtual Cinema
Cinematique of Daytona	Daytona Beach	FL	Virtual Cinema
Cinestudio	Hartford	CT	Virtual Cinema
Cleveland Cinemas	Cleveland	OH	Virtual Cinema
Cleveland Cinematheque	Cleveland	OH	Virtual Cinema
Clinton Street Theater	Portland	OR	Virtual Cinema
Coral Gables Art Cinema	Coral Gables	FL	Virtual Cinema
Corazon Cinema	St Augustine	FL	Virtual Cinema
Darkside Cinema	Corvallis	OR	Virtual Cinema
Facets	Chicago	IL	Virtual Cinema
Fine Arts Theatre	Asheville	NC	Virtual Cinema
Flicks Theatre	Boise	ID	Virtual Cinema
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Virtual Cinema
Gateway Film Center	Columbus	OH	Virtual Cinema
Greenfield Garden Cinema	Greenfield	MA	Virtual Cinema
Guild Cinema	Albuquerque	NM	Virtual Cinema
Historic Howell Theater	Howell	MI	Virtual Cinema
International Film Series	Boulder	CO	Virtual Cinema
Jean Cocteau Cinema	Santa Fe	NM	Virtual Cinema
Kimball's Peak Three Theatre	Colorado Springs	CO	Virtual Cinema
Laemmle Theatres	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
LeFont Film Society	Atlanta	GA	Virtual Cinema
Lincoln Theatre	Mount Vernon	WA	Virtual Cinema
Mary D. Fisher Theatre	Sedona	AZ	Virtual Cinema
Michigan Theater	Ann Arbor	MI	Virtual Cinema
Minor Theater	Arcata	CA	Virtual Cinema
Naro Expanded Cinema	Norfolk	VA	Virtual Cinema
New Plaza Cinema	New York	NY	Virtual Cinema
Oxford Film Festival	Oxford	MS	Virtual Cinema
Paradise Theatre	Paonia	CO	Virtual Cinema
Parkway Theater	Minneapolis	MN	Virtual Cinema
Philadelphia Film Society	Philadelphia	PA	Virtual Cinema
Portland Museum of Art	Portland	ME	Virtual Cinema
Red River Theatres	Concord	NH	Virtual Cinema
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts	Jamestown	NY	Virtual Cinema
Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol	Sebastopol	CA	Virtual Cinema
Rio Theatre	Santa Cruz	CA	Virtual Cinema
Rosendale Theatre	Rosendale	NY	Virtual Cinema
Ross Media Arts Center	Lincoln	NE	Virtual Cinema
Roxie Theater	San Francisco	CA	Virtual Cinema
Salem Cinema	Salem	OR	Virtual Cinema
Scarecrow Video	Seattle	WA	Virtual Cinema
Screenland Armour	Kansas City	MO	Virtual Cinema
Senator Theatre	Baltimore	MD	Virtual Cinema
Slamdance	Los Angeles	CA	Virtual Cinema
Sun-Ray Cinema	Jacksonville	FL	Virtual Cinema
Tampa Theatre	Tampa	FL	Virtual Cinema
Terrace Theater	Charleston	SC	Virtual Cinema
The Frida Cinema	Santa Ana	CA	Virtual Cinema
The Grand Berry Theater	Fort Worth	TX	Virtual Cinema
The Little Theatre	Rochester	NY	Virtual Cinema
The Nightlight Cinema	Akron	OH	Virtual Cinema
Time & Space Limited	Hudson	NY	Virtual Cinema
Varsity Theatre	Davis	CA	Virtual Cinema
Violet Crown Austin	Austin	TX	Virtual Cinema
Violet Crown Charlottesville	Charlottesville	VA	Virtual Cinema
Violet Crown Santa Fe	Santa Fe	NM	Virtual Cinema
Waters Edge Cinema	Provincetown	MA	Virtual Cinema
Zeitgeist Theatre	Arabi	LA	Virtual Cinema

You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski

Directed by Matteo Borgardt

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