MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell, Tanya Lopert
"Tales Of Ordinary Madness" Video
Italian Director Marco Ferreri based this film on a collection of short stories from the "poet laureate of the gutter," Charles Bukowski, called Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. Ben Gazzara sleepwalks through his role as "Charles Serking." This down-and-out drunk falls for a whacked-out, self-destructive model (Ornella Muti). Let's face it, Bukowski never bedded down anyone this attractive! Bukowski on Gazzara's performance: "He had appealing eyes like a constipated man sitting on the pot straining to crap. I liked the eyes. But take that away and he was too comfortable. Nice macho guy, but self-pleased, not insane at all. Probably a great variety of ass had cooled him out."