Tales of Ordinary Madness

Storie di ordinaria follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness)
Storie di ordinaria follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness)
Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Screenplay by	Sergio Amidei; Marco Ferreri; Anthony Foutz;
Produced by	Jacqueline Ferreri
Starring	Ben Gazzara; Ornella Muti; Susan Tyrrell; Tanya Lopert;
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production; companies	23 Giugno; Ginis Films;
Release date	1981;
Running time	101 min.
Countries	Italy; France;
Language	English

Tales of Ordinary Madness (Italian: Storie di ordinaria follia, French: Contes de la folie ordinaire) is a 1981 film by Italian director Marco Ferreri. It was shot in English in the United States, featuring Ben Gazzara and Ornella Muti in the leading roles. The film's title and subject matter are based on the works and the person of US poet Charles Bukowski, including the short story The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (published by City Lights Publishing in the 1972 collection Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness).

The film's protagonist, Charles Serking, is based on Bukowski's autobiographical character Henry Chinaski. At the time, the director Taylor Hackford owned the rights to the Chinaski name, having acquired them when he optioned Bukowski's 1971 novel Post Office.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "STORIE DI ORDINARIA FOLLIA (1981)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Sounes, Howard. "Hollywood: An Introduction". Meet at the Gate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011.

[bfi-1] "STORIE DI ORDINARIA FOLLIA (1981)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[2] Sounes, Howard. "Hollywood: An Introduction". Meet at the Gate. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011.

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