clearly this film be make for a new generation that may or may not have have an inkling of charles bukowski work . the autobiographical henry chinaski character in bukowski story be brilliantly portray to perfection by mickey rourke in 1987 barfly and also star faye dunaway . anyone who have see factotum should certainly see barfly to get a good look at how bukowski write his character . factotum lack the greasy seediness of bukowski screenplay and the fearless hopelessness of his loner hero . the inadvertent humor that bubble through in the dark desperation of chinaski misadventure doesn not work for dillon a it do so admirably for the overweight filthy blood soak rourke . rourke character make the pain and pleasure of the previous night misbehavior a place set for yet another grueling ugly day in the life of a drunken misanthropic unknown writer . dillon character miss these mark in favor of a strutting and handsome and relatively clean look wan na be writer that scarcely pass for any moment in that of chinaski story . dunaway sleazy heroine wanda be the perfect complement to the neer do well henry . the woman in factotum can not hold a candle to dunaway wouldistressed goddess and the use of more profane sexual subject matter in factotum prof to be more of a crude distraction than a tip of the hat to bukowski raw and unapologetic portrayal of dysfunctional relationship . i be stun at how many of the exact same scene be use in factotum ( marisa tomei buy all the stuff and charge it to the old man be an exact rip off from barfly ) . if you want to see the best bukowski story on film and see barfly and love be a dog from hell ( which also go by the title crazy love ) .