AMERICAN poet Charles Bukowski was not noted for his sunny disposition. 

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STEPHEN MURRAY started writing poetry at eight years of age. “A teacher, Mr Spark, told us to write a poem based on A Christmas Carol by Dickens. I wrote Marley’s Ghost. Mr Spark said it was brilliant. After that he encouraged me.”

It is 44 years since Time Magazine placed London, The Swinging Capital on its cover and declared: “In a once sedate world of faded splendor, everything new, uninhibited and kinky is blooming.” The cast may change, but the characters remain the same, writes Allan Prosser

Based on the writings of Charles Bukowski this somewhat rambling; but otherwise quite excellent; film is about hanging around, womanising, drinking, gambling; and writing about it.