Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is a 2005 documentary film about writer Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004), the author of the novels Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream, The Willow Tree, and Waiting Period and a book of short stories, Song of the Silent Snow. The movie's title It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is taken from page 103 of Selby's novel, The Demon. The slash is included in Selby's typography. In the film, Selby explains that, on his manual typewriter, an apostrophe meant typing an "uppercase 8", so it was simpler to use a slash. Selby objects to apostrophes generally, preferring the spelling "dont" to "don't". The 79-minute film features new interviews with Selby, known by his nickname "Cubby", as...