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Director:
Writers:
Marco Ferreri (scenario) and
Sergio Amidei (scenario) ...
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11 September 1981 (Italy) more
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After a lecture where a poem is read out to a group of bored students, the alcoholic and sex addicted poet... more | full synopsis
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An extraordinary movie with an utterly brilliant performance from Ben Gazzara. Disturbing, poetic and very beautiful. more (23 total)

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Ben Gazzara ... Charles Serking
Ornella Muti ... Cass
Susan Tyrrell ... Vera
Tanya Lopert ... Vicky
Roy Brocksmith ... Barman
Katya Berger ... Girl on beach
Hope Cameron ... Hotel proprietor

Judith Drake ... Widow
Patrick Hughes ... Pimp
Wendy Welles ... Runaway
Stratton Leopold ... Publisher
Anthony Pitillo
Jay Julien
Peter Jarvis
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Jean-Paul Boucher
Cristina Forti
Elizabeth Long
Carlo Monni ... (scenes deleted)
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Also Known As:
Conte de la folie ordinaire (France) (dubbed version)
Storie di ordinaria follia (Italy) (dubbed version)
Tales of Ordinary Madness (International: English title)
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101 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Smile Away The Rain more

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An extraordinary movie with an utterly brilliant performance from Ben Gazzara. Disturbing, poetic and very beautiful., 20 January 2004
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

Just about everybody seems to hate 'Tales Of Ordinary Madness' even Charles Bukowski himself. I can't see why. For me it's an extraordinary movie just as good, if not better than, 'Barfly'. Director Marco Ferreri also made the unforgettable 'Blow-Out' ('La Grande Bouffe') another overlooked gem. Both movies are disturbing, poetic and very beautiful. Cassavetes fave Ben Gazzara is the perfect choice to play Bukowski substitute Charles Serking. He gives an utterly brilliant performance, his best along with 'The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie', another love-it-or-hate-it movie. Ornella Muti plays Cass, a self-destructive prostitute he falls in love with. Now Muti is just about the most beautiful actress I've ever seen in my life so I can see why someone would have a problem with her being cast in such a role. It may be unrealistic but she's convincing in a difficult part, and she's just mesmerizing to look at! An added bonus is cult fave Susan Tyrrell ('Fat City', 'Bad', 'Flesh & Blood', 'Cry-Baby',etc.) in the supporting cast playing a typically bent character for her. 'Tales Of Madness' is slow and meandering and anecdotal so people who prefer straightforward, simplistic Hollywood movies will hate it. But if you enjoy Bukowski's work or Hubert Selby Jr's check this movie out as I'm sure you'll be impressed.

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