Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981 film by Marco Ferreri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tales of Ordinary Madness (Italian: Storie di ordinaria follia, French: Contes de la folie ordinaire) is a 1981 film by Italian director Marco Ferreri. It was shot in English in the United States, featuring Ben Gazzara and Ornella Muti in the leading roles. The film's title and subject matter are based on the works and the person of US poet Charles Bukowski, including the short story The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (published by City Lights Publishing in the 1972 collection Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness).
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Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
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Produced by | Jacqueline Ferreri |
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Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Philippe Sarde |
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Release date | 1981 |
Running time | 101 min. |
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Language | English |
The film's protagonist, Charles Serking, is based on Bukowski's autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. At the time, the director Taylor Hackford owned the rights to the Chinaski name, having acquired them when he optioned Bukowski's 1971 novel Post Office.[2]