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Post by RNL on Dec 13, 2005 23:02:32 GMT
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Post by Capo on Jan 12, 2006 21:07:43 GMT
1. The Brown Bunny 2003 2. Buffalo '66 1997
I thought this, which I found over on IMDb, was great:
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 13, 2006 3:24:54 GMT
Capo, Ebert said that about the first cut of the film. When Gallo recut it, Ebert praised it.
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Post by Capo on Feb 25, 2006 16:05:46 GMT
Revisited The Brown Bunny today; tremendous. It communicated the first time, but this time I found profound stuff throughout, and it will definitely stay with me this time.
There's a shot which I love, which is an unusually wide shot (most of the film is in claustrophobic close-up), where Gallo stops his van in the desert and gets his bike out ready to drive. It's comlpetely silent, with white, flat, untarnished terrain and a pure, blue sky. The framing is absolutely gorgeous.
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Post by johndav on Mar 1, 2006 0:15:45 GMT
I like that bit from imdb. Ebert's is a reference to Churchill's reply to a female politician who criticised him for being drunk. Something along the lines of, i may be drunk but in the morning i will be sober, whereas you madam will still be ugly. I'd be interested if someone knows the exact quote.
Not seen Brown Bunny, but it's starting to sound more appealing. It got such a roasting (which i'd heard Gallo had taken quite well at the time) but i know Godard liked it. I hated Buffalo 66 with a vengeance although Gallo thought it a masterpiece didn't he? I was going to say fame must have gone to his head but in light of a scene i've heard about in Brown Bunny that phrase might take on another meaning altogether.
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Post by Capo on Mar 1, 2006 13:11:56 GMT
In a bookstore the other day, I was flicking through Halliwell's, which I stopped buying after the Audrey Hepburn one ("2004"); The Brown Bunny got no stars, as expected. The criticism went something along the lines of, "Watch Vincent ride his motorcycle. Watch Vincent drive his van. Watch Vincent urinate, shower and [something along the lines of the blow job scene, as I remember]. Unless you're Vincent, there's just no point." Predictable stuff from Mr. Walker.
While looking, I also saw he gave Gerry no stars. Said it was clearly inspired by Tarr's films, but with little to say.
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Post by johndav on Mar 1, 2006 19:44:12 GMT
Well, Halliwell's still seems so conservative and old-fashioned, yet it sells so widely (often i notice to people who actually know very little about films and don't realise its shortcomings)
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Post by Capo on Oct 26, 2007 23:36:54 GMT
I watched The Brown Bunny last week again, and, if I were still doing stars, it would get four quite easily.
It's a devastating, convincing portrait of loneliness, self-destructivism and nostalgia. Its empty shots of American highways brings an existential longingness to everything. And Gallo has a voice and face so timid in isolation, so powerful combined, that I can't help but suspect the ultra-hateful and -dismissive ego he puts on in interviews is merely facade. Or at least that's the hope.
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Post by RNL on Dec 27, 2007 4:32:12 GMT
They're a pair of posers, really, aren't they.
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Post by Capo on Mar 5, 2008 2:14:06 GMT
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Post by Valenti on Mar 10, 2008 10:58:26 GMT
Just watched Buffalo '66. I enjoyed it a lot, I like these kinds of romance films, but I found it weird how Christina Ricci's character pretty much just idolized him in moments.
Gallo has an amazing face and voice, and everything in this movie struck me with nostalgia and sadness.
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 15, 2008 13:34:09 GMT
1. The Brown Bunny (2003) 7.5/10 2. Buffalo '66 (1998) 6/10
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Post by quentincompson on Nov 16, 2008 20:38:25 GMT
1.Buffalo '66 7/10 2.The Brown Bunny 6/10
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Post by theundergroundman on Jul 25, 2009 0:51:04 GMT
1. Buffalo '66 (1998) - [blue]6/10[/blue]
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