HENRY KESTLER
Screenwriter, Poet, Writer
"If you're going to try go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start."
Charles Bukowski
The following writers Henry respects are listed below in no particular order.
Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Ian Fleming, Nick Cave, Raymond Chandler, Jim Morrison, Irvine Welsh, Brian Michael Bendis, Anthony Burgess, Edward Bunker, Hubert Selby Jr. and Dan Fante.
Novels I Respect
A Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting, Factotum, The Death of Bunny Munroe, Casino Royale,
Moonraker, Goldfinger, Mooch, Farewell My Lovely, The Willow Tree, 86'd, Stark, Glue,
The Curse of Lono, Fight Club, American Roulette, Paranoia In The Launderette (novella).
Movies I Respect (partial list)
Rumble Fish, The Rum Diary, Watchmen, Taxi Driver, Sin City 1 & 2, Barry Lyndon, Cutter's Way, Escape From NY & LA, Dirty Harry, Requiem For A Dream, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Factotum, Prince of the City, Fight Club, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, For A Few Dollars More,
The Color of Money, Straight Time, On The Road.
Other Written Works
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved, Daredevil v2 #16-81 (comics) , Jim Morrison's Poetry, Ghost Song (The Doors).