{"id":43807,"date":"2019-05-28T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43807"},"modified":"2021-01-15T23:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:56:43","slug":"tales-of-ordinary-madness-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43807","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Ever heard the sound of one mouth screaming? I had, for years &#8212; my own.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn alcoholic poet (Ben Gazarra) in Los Angeles hooks up with a random woman (Susan Tyrrell) on the bus, then falls for a beautiful but self-harming and suicidal prostitute (Ornella Muti).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcoholism and Drug Addiction<\/li>\n<li>Ben Gazarra Films<\/li>\n<li>Downward Spiral<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMarco Ferreri&#8217;s cinematic rendering of Charles Bukowski&#8217;s short story &#8220;The Most Beautiful Woman in Town&#8221; offers a rambling, self-indulgent look at a few days in the life of a hipster alcoholic who concludes that the only <em>true<\/em> existence (that is, one worth writing about) lies amongst society&#8217;s castaways. Gorgeous Muti definitely fits the title role of the source story, but she&#8217;s badly exploited like every other character Gazarra encounters. Those with a fondness for Bukowski may enjoy hearing a script littered with lines like these: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always had a love affair with the streets.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Cass had that special look that got to me &#8212; like she&#8217;d been blown away by the winds of eternity and was swimming back against the current.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Now give it to me &#8212; take my soul with your c**k!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Cass, you bitch &#8212; I love you! You&#8217;re the most alive woman I ever met.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, all others can feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At-times ethereal cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tales-of-Ordinary-Madness-Cinematography-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086410\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/03\/11\/movies\/tales-of-ordinary-madness.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematicthreads.com\/review.php?id=725&#038;ltr=T\">Cinematic Threads Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1799&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ever heard the sound of one mouth screaming? I had, for years &#8212; my own.&#8221; Synopsis: An alcoholic poet (Ben Gazarra) in Los Angeles hooks up with a random woman (Susan Tyrrell) on the bus, then falls for a beautiful but self-harming and suicidal prostitute (Ornella Muti). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Ben Gazarra Films Downward Spiral Prostitutes and Gigolos Writers Review: Marco Ferreri&#8217;s cinematic rendering of Charles Bukowski&#8217;s short story &#8220;The Most Beautiful Woman in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43807\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43807"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63650,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43807\/revisions\/63650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}