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Appropriately narrated by Robert Downey Jr, this documentary is a harrowing and completely engaging exploration into the life and art of the renowned, late, great author Hubert Selby Jr - who once described himself as "a scream looking for a mouth." Selby, against all odds, reached international acclaim with his dark, controversial novels.

Overcoming tuberculosis, drug addiction and financial ruin, Selby eventually triumphed in his life. His staggering novel Last Exit to Brooklyn - banned upon release in England - went on to become a major motion picture and gained the literary respect that it so greatly demanded. Requiem for a Dream, another of Selby's works made into a popular and well-respected film, stunned audiences around the world. Selby's heartbreaking, hauntingly poetic collection contains some of the most remarkable and distinctly American books ever written about pain and addiction.

Featured are interviews with friends and admirers such as Ellen Burstyn, Lou Reed, Darren Aronofsky, Uli Edel, Jerry Stahl, Henry Rollins, Jared Leto and Anthony Kiedis in addition to humble interviews with Selby himself - some of his last.