Factotum

I'm sure that more than a few people are wondering if Matt Dillon will struggle with his career after his role as Hank Chinaski in Factotum much in the same way that Mickey Rourke did after Barfly.

Monday Morning Things

I'm sure that more than a few people are wondering if Matt Dillon will struggle with his career after his role as Hank Chinaski in Factotum much in the same way that Mickey Rourke did after Barfly.

August 2006

He is best known for his 2005 film, "Factotum," starring Matt Dillon, based on a novel by Charles Bukowski.

Norway in Action

The former teen idol turned Oscar nominee talks about his new movie "Factotum" and what it's like to have a career with such staying power.

CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006

But actors like Matt Dillon, whose latest project "Factotum" opened to great reviews at Sundance, says it's still vital for independent filmmakers.

CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2006

His latest film is called "Factotum" and he plays Henry Chinaski, a wannabe writer with a passion for booze, women and a spotty blue collar resume.

CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006

But actors like Matt Dillon, whose latest "Factotum" opened to great reviews at Sundance, says it's still vital for independent filmmakers.

CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2006

COSTELLO: And later, actor Matt Dillon, he plays a writer who risks everything in his new movie, "Factotum".

CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006

Q.D. P.S. The pamphlet above alluded to affords another instance of the use of the word "Factotum," at page 41.: "before the Pope had a great house there, and became D.minus Factotum, D.minus D.us noster Papu."

Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850

To single out only novels - the focus of Schuessler's article - Bukowski's "Post Office" (1971) and "Factotum" (1975) are both classic tragicomic visions of the American blue-collar experience.

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