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Gazzara brings an incredible, gravelly, and intelligent magnetism to the role. However, Bukowski himself famously hated Gazzara's performance. The real Bukowski felt Gazzara looked "too healthy, too vital, and terribly sane"—lacking the genuine, physically rotting desperation of a true career alcoholic. While Gazzara delivers the philosophy of Bukowski well, he arguably misses the raw, ugly grit of the author's physical reality.

The success or failure of the movie hinges almost entirely on its two lead actors, yielding highly fascinating results: Storie di ordinaria follia

(released internationally as Tales of Ordinary Madness ) is a deeply polarizing, raw, and uncompromising exploration of the human underbelly. Directed by Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri and released in 1981, the film is an adaptation of the works and life of the legendary American underground poet Charles Bukowski. While Gazzara delivers the philosophy of Bukowski well,