John Fante - The Writer Charles Bukowski Called His "God"

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  • Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
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    In this video, I talk about the relationship between Charles Bukowski and John Fante. Fante lived the majority of his life in obscurity until Bukowski helped get books like Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, and other books of Fante's back in print. Bukowski discovered Fante's work as a young man and - after having made it as a writer himself - would publically delcare Fante to be his "God".
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    SOURCES:
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    7. esotouric.com/fantesquare/
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    CHAPTERS:
    1. Introduction (0:00)
    2. John Fante (5:12)
    3. Fante and Bukowski (12:55)
    4. John Fante Square (21:13)
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    All criticism and comments are welcome. Thanks for watching.

Комментарии • 58

  • @TheSelador
    @TheSelador  Год назад +1

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  • @Nick-qf7vt
    @Nick-qf7vt Год назад +58

    Whatever your feelings about Bukowski, he deserves MAJOR credit for always shouting out his influences and fellow talent. Despite his lifelong struggle to get published and recognized, he still used his platform to get Fante's work reprinted.

    • @russkiygeniy5053
      @russkiygeniy5053 4 месяца назад

      not "despite", but "because of his lifelong struggle"

  • @Paddy984
    @Paddy984 7 месяцев назад +22

    Appreciating John Fante's work is akin to appreciating a fine wine, a classic painting, a timeless piece of music, or any other form of excellence that encapsulates the best of what we experience. Thank you, Charles Bukowski, for opening my mind to this great genius.

  • @matthewarmenta3926
    @matthewarmenta3926 5 месяцев назад +11

    My great grandfather rip John fante RIP to my grandpa Dan fante

    • @luqman6866
      @luqman6866 2 месяца назад

      tf? fr?

    • @matthewarmenta3926
      @matthewarmenta3926 2 месяца назад +2

      @@luqman6866 yea bro one of the documentaries Dan fante “aka my grandpa “ talks about my dad my family comes out in that video as well my mom was pregnant of me .

    • @matthewarmenta3926
      @matthewarmenta3926 2 месяца назад +1

      @@luqman6866 video is called “made in fante “ skip video to 35:15.

    • @luqman6866
      @luqman6866 2 месяца назад

      @@matthewarmenta3926 damn, brother gud on you, i guess.

    • @anoiranoir8548
      @anoiranoir8548 10 дней назад

      You are my God

  • @John-sj6ui
    @John-sj6ui 5 месяцев назад +5

    I'm not the first person to say it, but these books of Fante's include some of the funniest scenes I have ever come across. Debilitating laughter

  • @kareliask
    @kareliask Год назад +19

    Thank you for this, I don't know this writer at all - I'm picking up a short stories collection. I'm glad he hadn't died before he was recognised.

    • @crunkboy
      @crunkboy Год назад +3

      I just bought “The Wine of Youth” collection of short stories

  • @chaosofthegalaxy3094
    @chaosofthegalaxy3094 Год назад +33

    Both “Ask The Dust” and “Wait Until Spring, Bandini” are highly underrated

    • @chupacabracinema
      @chupacabracinema 7 месяцев назад

      Devouring Ask The Dust now. Exceeds my expectations.

    • @RealGlowup
      @RealGlowup 6 месяцев назад

      @@chupacabracinemaprobably my fav book ever, it must be read.

    • @RealGlowup
      @RealGlowup 6 месяцев назад

      @@chupacabracinemaI’m so glad you like it!!! 💖💖💖

  • @luckyarabr
    @luckyarabr 7 месяцев назад +8

    Excellent review done with precision, respect and contained emotion. As a reader of Bukowski and Fante, I thank you.

  • @huyivant5190
    @huyivant5190 Год назад +11

    Arturo Bandini!

  • @qjames0077
    @qjames0077 Год назад +27

    Love your vids. The topics covered, the writing, the production value...keep it up man. 100k subs soon to come, I'm sure

    • @TheSelador
      @TheSelador  Год назад +1

      Very kind words, thanks a lot man

  • @BritInvLvr
    @BritInvLvr Год назад +6

    I need to check these books out. I love reading about the city I was born and raised in. Thank you for this video.

  • @jordanseifert4640
    @jordanseifert4640 Год назад +9

    Great video, my man. It's always great to hear about unknown writers and discovering their work.

  • @sebrishwakeed2293
    @sebrishwakeed2293 Год назад +6

    Really loved the way how you told the story throughout the video. It was captivating. Please keep making these videos.

  • @SuperPsychoSheep
    @SuperPsychoSheep Год назад +5

    Your quality has really improved, and I love these topics. Always learn something new.

  • @ernstrobertalmgren9057
    @ernstrobertalmgren9057 Месяц назад +1

    I would love a video about H.L Mencken as well. Great channel, subbed!

  • @sarthakkapoor2723
    @sarthakkapoor2723 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for this video!!! It was really interesting to watch. You are dope🔥

  • @saltyportman
    @saltyportman Год назад +4

    Great video, love learning more about writers

  • @borgassimilator8910
    @borgassimilator8910 Год назад +4

    Such an interesting video once again!

  • @GRUUUUUVY
    @GRUUUUUVY Год назад +8

    You cannot be bound to the Frenchman's rules.

  • @CayusCaesar7
    @CayusCaesar7 3 месяца назад +1

    I appreciated very much this video. Congratulations 4 u from that channel. 🎉👏🙏

  • @hpbecraft
    @hpbecraft 4 месяца назад +1

    good lord you have linked my greatest loves, mathematics and poetry. Give this man a glass, no bottles of wine, many bottles...

  • @theundertakerman2
    @theundertakerman2 Год назад +3

    Great video

  • @harryf8600
    @harryf8600 Год назад +5

    Hey Mate, really interesting video! After watching the film The End Of The Tour, I’d love to see a video on David Foster Wallace if that’s something you would ever consider. Love the content though!

    • @TheSelador
      @TheSelador  Год назад +2

      Hey man, I've never read any of David Foster Wallace's work but you've intrigued me now so I'll definitely look into it. Thank you for the kind words and suggestion!

  • @renesaurusdoom7339
    @renesaurusdoom7339 Год назад +4

    Road to Los Angeles is freakin good as hell. Silly

  • @joseybryant7577
    @joseybryant7577 Год назад +8

    If I'm remembering correctly, Steinbeck used the notes of a woman to help with Wrath. That same woman wrote a depression era novel herself, that was also overshadowed by Wrath. Not to throw shade on Steinbeck.

    • @Saturnia2014
      @Saturnia2014 Год назад +1

      If he did do that, all the shade should be thrown at him

    • @ZagrebBundist
      @ZagrebBundist Год назад

      @@Saturnia2014 to my knowledge he didn't know they were her notes. Tom Collins gave them to him.

    • @amanalone3473
      @amanalone3473 Год назад +1

      Yes. Her name was Sanora Babb, and the book she wrote which was effectively stolen by Steinbeck was 'Whose Names are Unknown'.

    • @kafenwar
      @kafenwar 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@amanalone3473 Sanora Babb was also Ralph Ellison's lover, believe it or not.

  • @shuroom57
    @shuroom57 Месяц назад

    At 20:33, Fante is a dead ringer for Mike Ehrmantraut, the character played by Jonathan Banks in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

  • @emmanuelrichard9129
    @emmanuelrichard9129 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great job...but not a Fante's photo in the begining.
    Alta Loma Hotel in the book...real name Alta Vista Hotel.

  • @eric13zombie
    @eric13zombie 9 месяцев назад +1

    Honestly, my first book of him that I read and my favorite was west of Rome

  • @friedricengravy6646
    @friedricengravy6646 Месяц назад

    Thank u

  • @Kurjistaja
    @Kurjistaja 6 дней назад

    22:37 this was interesting

  • @AntonioDoinel
    @AntonioDoinel Месяц назад

    The portrait at 1.59 is not John Fante

  • @josh-nq2mw
    @josh-nq2mw 5 месяцев назад +1

    The portrait you're using at 1:59 is not John Fante. To say nothing about the rest of the work here, it's bad form to have a false portrait of your subject as the thumbnail. This sort of mistake will make any viewer familiar with Fante immediately question the value/quality of such a video. Don't mean to be rude, or to undercut the rest of your work, which seems accurate enough. Long live Fante, and carry on!

  • @contagonist8478
    @contagonist8478 Месяц назад

    " The Road To Los Angeles " is everything that Catcher in the Rye wishes it was, only written 10 years earlier.
    Its a fakkin tremendous book - John Fante is the real thing.
    One of Fantes sons - Dan Fante/Bruno Dante - is also a pretty good writer in his own right.

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 18 дней назад

    I knew Johns younger brother In he was called..

  • @sistergrimace1567
    @sistergrimace1567 3 месяца назад +1

    I still wonder what happened to Camilla.

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 5 месяцев назад +1

    "Library" is both spelled and pronounced "lie-brerry". There are two "r"s in "library".

  • @shaalis
    @shaalis 5 месяцев назад +1

    "Libary"

  • @cheriepeden6384
    @cheriepeden6384 Год назад +4

    The Canon is a bit of a joke, where is Bukowski, Rimbaud, dos Passos, and so many others. I'm no slouch and I barely have heard of Fante. I don't listen much to so-called experts telling me what
    I should be reading.

  • @iannmiller
    @iannmiller Месяц назад

    Riddle me this Batman… which fruit never tells the truth?

  • @Getouttamyfaceatgmaildotcom
    @Getouttamyfaceatgmaildotcom 2 месяца назад

    God bless Charles Bukowski. He is my Fante, he is my Doestyvsky
    "but as a young man I know that
    he got me through the factories
    past the whores,
    lifted me high through the night
    and put me down
    in a better
    place." CHB from his poem Doestyvsky