Josse De Pauw
Crazy Love is the story of one man’s life told in three nights over the course of twenty years. The movie follows one Harry Voss (actor Josse De Pauw), focusing on his difficult search for love.

Coming as a complete surprise to me, Crazy Love is one of the most beautiful, touching films I’ve seen in a long time. Its three-act construction shows us the path Harry takes from hopeful adolescent to bitter adult with great clarity. When he makes his final choice in love it has been preordained from the moment he discovered the truth about his parents marriage.

The third act is a very faithful adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s short story The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, CA. This segment was originally filmed as a short called Foggy Night but on its strength was expanded into a full-length feature. The movie builds so perfectly to its climax that I could hardly believe it was possible. I’ve seen dramas that were written in a more conventional fashion that don’t have half the effect of Crazy Love. I can only conclude that having such a powerful finale gave the writers a very clear narrative end to build toward and boy, do they! By seizing on the various ways of viewing romantic love and allowing Harry Voss’ life to show one natural, sad progression they found the perfect prelude to Bukowski’s fiction. I understand the author liked the Foggy Night short but I can only think he would have loved the whole movie.

Size: A4
Name: Josse De Pauw (actor)
Media type: pencil & ink on paper + watercolor
Artist: Caryl Strzelecki
Price: € 125 Please contact me by e-mail: caryl@bukowskigallery.com