Bolaño, Up Close and Personal (Bolaño cercano) 16 years old

Generously included as a bonus DVD alongside the 502-page Bolaño salvaje, a book of essays about and reminiscences on the Chilean novelist/poet published by the Barcelona-based Editorial Candy. Bolaño cercano [a difficult to translate title approximating something like Bolaño, Up Close and Personal], which offers up a sympathetic portrait of Bolaño as a loving family man and tireless reader and writer and teases with ever so brief glimpses of his personal library and countless spiral notebooks filled with rough drafts of his novels and poetry and even comic book-like drawings and illustrations.

Credits

Bolaño, Up Close and Personal Cast

Name Character
Roberto Bolaño He was 55, 50 years old when he died
Juan Villoro He was 51, now 68 years old

Bolaño, Up Close and Personal Crew

Name Department
Bolaño, Up Close and Personal (16 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  • Runtime: 40 minutes