"Just give me a little atomic bomb. Not too much...." Everyone wishes for a little atomic bomb every now and then in order to utterly remove the elements of life they find undesirable. This video becomes literally poetry in motion in the way Bukowski's original poem is rendered graphically for the purpose of dramatic effect.
The darkness and overall formidable atmosphere of the video poem makes the viewer feel lost and uncertain, a feeling created by graphic nuances not found in the original poem. The darkness of the background, the black splatters of ink that are reminiscent of blood give the graphic poem an Armageddon feel and I felt apprehensive when watching the film. The way the camera zooms in and out through the space makes the normally two-dimensional poetic experience a three-dimensional one. The viewer slowly loses control as they struggle to comprehend with the moving and evolving text.
All of these elements combined with how the rhythm of the video keeps pace with the pauses in the poem create a distorted, but poetically symmetrical reality for the viewer. The graphics of the film were dark and dreary, adding to the formidable environment made by the poem and pathos is utilized effectively as the author relate tales from the emotional anorexia of his life.
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