Barbet Schroeder
I always love serendipitous facts like these: turns out the same guy who directed the films More and Obscured By Clouds (La Valle) for which Pink Floyd did amazing soundtracks and I grew to love also made Barfly, which was to be a huge influence on me later in life, as is Bukowski’s writing in general. I actually have never seen the films Floyd worked on, or anything Barbet Schroeder did in between or since, though I’ll definitely be looking for them.
‘Grantchester Meadow’s’ above isn’t from either album, it’s from Ummagumma, around that general era. I believe these are alternate lyrics and a slightly different arrangement to what ended up on the album version.
Also, go out and read some more Bukowski!
I saw More. Good standard fare sex/drugs/youth bohemian escapism. I need to see La Valle, checking Netflix now…