Bent Hamer's Factotum Hits US Screens August 18th

I saw Factotum at the SF International. It's where I picked up the wonderful line: "I've slept longer than you've lived." I'm not a Bukowski fan, like so many others, but for a Bukowski vehicle I felt Matt Dillon's performance was the most palatable. He underplays to comic effect. The best reason to see the movie, however, is Lili Taylor who is downright exceptional as the out-of-it-half-the-time love interest. There's a scene where he gets up, goes to the bathroom, pukes, returns to bed, then she gets up, goes to the bathroom, pukes, returns to bed. Too funny for being too true.

Further, Bay Area colleague Sara Schieron interviewed Bent Hamer at the festival and the "shicast" can be found at:

http://filmshi.com/db/content/view/99/43/

Great film, if Bukowski-lite - but I loved it all the way. Dillon is a great Chinaski!

Been on R2 DVD for a while, but worth seeing at the flicks.. I did.