Bukowski: Born Into This vs Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Bukowski: Born Into This). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 55m. Bukowski: Born Into This is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bukowski: Born Into This
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment| Bukowski: Born Into This | Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | United Kingdom |
| Director | John Dullaghan | Steve Lawson |
| Main cast | Charles Bukowski, Harry Dean Stanton, Sean Penn, Bono, Linda Bukowski | Richard Felix, Mark Topping |
Synopsis
Bukowski: Born Into This
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of the author as it is an exposé of his sordid lifestyle. Interspersed between ample vintage footage of Bukowski’s poetry readings are interviews with the poet’s fans including such legendary figures such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Fante (wife of John), Bono, and Harry Dean Stanton. Filmed in…
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
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