Hollywood (novel)

Hollywood (novel)

"Hollywood" (ISBN 0876857659) is a 1989 novel by Charles Bukowski which fictionalizes his experiences surrounding the film "Barfly". This book traces the experience of the fictional screenwriter Chinaski from his writing of the screenplay through to its completion. He is actively involved only as screenplay writer. Bukowski did enjoy a brief cameo in the film itself, as one of the many barflies.

Plot summary

Names and titles (along with corresponding real-life counterparts) include:

Chapter 1
Henry Chinaski (Charles Bukowski)
Sarah Chinaski (Linda Lee Bukowski)
Jon Pinchot (Barbet Schroeder)
Paul Renoir
Popppy

Chapter 2
Danny Server
Francois Racine (François Truffaut)
Harold Pheasant

Chapter 3
Wenner Zergog (Werner Herzog)
Lido Mamin (Idi Amin)
"The Laughing Beast" ("General Idi Amin Dada")

Chapter 4
Tab Jones (Tom Jones)

Chapter 5
Mack Derouac (Jack Kerouac)

Chapter 6
Jean-Paul Sanrah (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Henri-Leon Sanrah
Jon-Luc Modard (Jean-Luc Godard)
Francis Ford Lopalla (Francis Ford Coppola)

Chapter 7
Karl Vossner (Carl Weissner)

Chapter 8
Vin Marbad
Michael Huntington
Darby Evans (Blake Edwards?)

Chapter 9
Dennis Body

Chapter 10
Lila Gant
Darlene
Double Quartet

Chapter 13
Giselle
Metra

Chapter 14
Pat Sellers

Chapter 18
Mack Austin (Dennis Hopper)
Tom Pell (Sean Penn)
Ramona (Madonna)
"The Dance of Jim Beam" ("Barfly")

Chapter 19
Jack Bledsoe (Mickey Rourke)
Lenny Fidelo (Frank Stallone)
Francine Bowers (Faye Dunaway)

Chapter 20
Firepower Productions (Cannon Group)
Harry Friedman (Yoram Globus/Menahem Golan)
Nate Fischman (Yoram Globus/Menahem Golan)
Lippy Leo Durocher (Lefty Gomez)
Tim Ruddy (Tom Luddy)
Victor Norman (Norman Mailer)

Chapter 21
Jim Serry (Timothy Leary)

Chapter 22
Lance Edwards

Chapter 25
Neeli Zutnick

Chapter 26
"Shipping Clerk" ("Post Office")
Fletcher Jaystone
Hector Blackford (Taylor Hackford)

Chapter 28
Cleo

Chapter 30
Tommy Henderson
Helga

Chapter 32
Hyans (Robby Müller)

Chapter 35
Rick Talbot (Gene Siskel)
Kirby Hudson (Roger Ebert)
Jane
Sesteenov (Errol Morris)
Illiantovitch

Chapter 36
Manz Loeb (David Lynch)
"The Rat Man" ("The Elephant Man")
"Pencilhead" ("Eraserhead")
Rosalind Bonelli (Isabella Rossellini)

Chapter 37
Corbell Veeker (Helmut Newton)

Chapter 38
Andre Wells

Chapter 39
Kay Bronstein (Eva Gardos)

Chapter 41
Tully
Nadine
Rich

Chapter 43
Frank

Chapter 45
Carl Wilson
"Notes of a Neanderthal Man" ("Notes of a Dirty Old Man")
John Galt
Lisa
Babs Danish
Tip Danish
Sam the Whorehouse Man

Chapter 46
Wexler
Selby
Darlene

External links

*Cite web
last = Haskell
first = Molly
title = So Much Genius! So Little Money!
work = New York Times
accessdate = 2008-07-06
date = 1989-06-11
url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/26/specials/bukowski-hollywood.html
** a review of the book followed by a very short interview with Bukowski.


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