• Henry Charles "Hank" Chinaski is the literary alter ego of the American writer Charles Bukowski, appearing in five of Bukowski's novels, a number of his...
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  • poet Charles Bukowski. Written in the first person, the novel follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's thinly veiled alter ego, during his early years. Written...
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  • drinking heavily in Los Angeles, and it presents Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski. The screenplay, written by Bukowski, was commissioned by the Iranian-born...
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  • ego, Henry Chinaski. Although events in the book take place in Los Angeles in the 1940s, the film has a contemporary setting. Henry 'Hank' Chinaski (Matt...
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  • been made thus far. In Los Angeles, California, down-and-out barfly Henry Chinaski becomes a substitute mail carrier; he quits for a while and lives on...
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  • semi-autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. In contrast to Factotum, Post Office and Ham on Rye, Women is centered on Chinaski's later life, as a celebrated...
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  • on their 2022 album Kruhy & Vlny Czech pop rock band Chinaski took its name after Henry Chinaski, the protagonist in Bukowski's novels. British indie...
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    classmates of Michal Novotný. In 1994, the band renamed itself Chinaski after Henry Chinaski, the protagonist in Charles Bukowski's novels, and released...
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  • character Rick Blaine. Unlike other Bukowski novels, the narrator is not Henry Chinaski (although he does appear); instead, the novel follows private detective...
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  • a prequel to Post Office (1971). Set in the 1940s, the plot follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's perpetually unemployed, alcoholic alter ego, who has been...
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    Adrian Lyne 1987 Angel Heart Harold R. "Harry" Angel Alan Parker Barfly Henry Chinaski Barbet Schroeder A Prayer for the Dying Martin Fallon Mike Hodges 1988...
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  • narrated in the first person. Adopting the stylized alter-ego, Henry 'Hank' Chinaski, a character used in previous novels, this book relates his experiences...
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  • Bukowski's autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. At the time, the director Taylor Hackford owned the rights to the Chinaski name, having acquired them when...
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  • literary alter ego, Henry Chinaski. Barfly, which is probably the best known Bukowski autobiographic film, starring Mickey Rourke as Chinaski, centered on Bukowski’s...
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  • Here (2008) The Last Straw (2008) Related Influence on popular culture Henry Chinaski Hostage (1985 album) Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy...
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  • Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski. Recurring themes in Fante's works are poverty, Catholicism, family...
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    Month David Walsh Crash Officer John Ryan 2005 Loverboy Mark Factotum Henry Chinaski Herbie: Fully Loaded Trip Murphy 2006 You, Me and Dupree Carl Peterson...
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    praise for his work in Barbet Schroeder's Barfly as the alcoholic writer Henry Chinaski (the literary alter ego of Charles Bukowski), co-starring Faye Dunaway...
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    At the end of the novel Post Office by Charles Bukowski, protagonist Henry Chinaski quits his job at the Los Angeles post office to "pick up 10 or 20 grand...
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    Dutch. 1978 – In Charles Bukowski's novel Women, the main character, Henry Chinaski, vomits on Peter Stuyvesant's burial vault cover before a poetry reading...
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  • to Fante's alter ego. In his 1978 novel Women, Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski is asked to name his favorite author; he replies, "Fante." Fante wrote...
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    Norwegian director Bent Hamer) concludes with Matt Dillon (in the role of Henry Chinaski - an alter ego of Charles Bukowski, who wrote the novel on which the...
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  • 2008.11092594. ISSN 0008-5006. S2CID 162375034. Madigan, A. J. (2010). Henry Chinaski, Zen Master: Factotum, the Holy Fool, and the Critique of Work. American...
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  • Here (2008) The Last Straw (2008) Related Influence on popular culture Henry Chinaski Hostage (1985 album) Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy...
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  • Amor João 2007 Os Pássaros Urubu Actor and author Pão com Mortadela Henry Chinaski Actor, author and producer 2011 As Próximas Horas Serão Definitivas...
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  • rich performance. Payne also played Bukowski's literary alter-ego, Henry Chinaski, a character of some of the story adaptations, which were more like...
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  • recordings with overdubbed 'live' effects] Don't Give Any Dinner to Henry Chinaski (1987) [demos] Punk Rock Showcase (1987) Thusly, thee Mighty Caesars...
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    recordings with overdubbed 'live' effects] (1987) Don’t Give Any Dinner to Henry Chinaski (1987) [demos] (1989) John Lennon’s Corpse Revisited (1992) Caesars...
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  • Here (2008) The Last Straw (2008) Related Influence on popular culture Henry Chinaski Hostage (1985 album) Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy...
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