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Barfly

Barbet Schroeder / US, 1987 / 97 min.

A sympathetic portrait of two mentally washed out boozers, starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway. The anything but optimistic, semi-autobiographical script was written by Charles Bukowski. Camera work of Robby Müller, to whom EYE is devoting a tribute.

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Director

Barbet Schroeder

Production year

1987

Country

US

Original title

Barfly

Length

97 min.

Subtitles

NLD

Format

35mm

Part of

Robby Müller

In the summer of 2016, Eye presented a major exhibition devoted to the Netherlands’ most famous director of photography, Robby Müller.

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