THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL EYES

“Man with the Beautiful Eyes” is one of my personal Bukowski favorites.  This short 5 minute abstract animated film from director  Jonathan Hodgson (1999) is both visually complementary to the beat-poem narrative and completely engaging. Four young friends are drawn to a strange house that their parents tell them to avoid, leading the narrator to believe his parents are trying to kill beauty. He is ultiamtely forced to accept the gray and uptight world of adulthood and fear anything strong and beautiful. Thanks mom and dad. I kid. Really stunning little adaptation to watch though, that kind of catches you off guard, if you have’nt already come across it.