Seven minutes of Bukowski bile — your dad never loved you this poetically.
A boozy writer hammers away on his Underwood, recalling a childhood in which his abusive father kicked him out of the house for writing short stories. Based on the poem by Charles Bukowski.
Acting
Stait's father — terrifying in under three minutes of screen time.
Cinematography
Bleach-bypass aesthetic that reeks of cigarettes and regret.
Writing
Bukowski's poem adapted with zero sentimentality, all venom.
Director
Alex Levine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom McBeath later played recurring villain Harlan on The X-Files — from Bukowski's alter ego to alien conspiracies.
The poem 'My Old Man' was written in 1967, decades before Bukowski's minor fame — this is him processing poverty, not performing it.
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