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Film: Buffalo 66

2008-07-02T10:33:52-06:00

ssakmule wrote:originally 7 for being the script writer & including, "you're so handsome & your dick is so big"

Vincent Gallo will never be able to justify this scene. What a terrible stain on this otherwise great movie.

Statistics: Posted by AAAAAAAARGH_Archive — Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:33 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2008-07-02T09:52:36-06:00

ssakmule wrote:
& how is it possible for "spend some time" to be pronounced repeatedly as spaaaayyyynnnnnddddd some time?

I thought he was saying spending time when I watched it. Apparantly they're "spanning" time. As in the pictures are meant to represent a later point in their life for him to send to his parents.

Statistics: Posted by Rotten Tanx_Archive — Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:52 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2008-07-02T07:44:18-06:00

I watched the movie last week & liked most of it. Some scenes which I disliked were already mentioned in detail by Eierdiebe on the first page. To add to that list, the scene where he fellates Mickey Rourke was uncalled for. He's got to stop his blowjob routines if he is aspiring towards some commercial success.

Also, I am pretty sure that this movie predates the first Matrix movie which means that Gallo deserves some stylistic/technological royalties for those bullet scenes in the end.

& those red prince of arabia shoes of his, need to be remastered. They look bad supporting his bowed legs.

Overall, not crap, WF 5 (originally 7 for being the script writer & including, "you're so handsome & your dick is so big" & a redeeming -3 for the club scenes in the end & being a founding fatherof what we now know as the "Matrix filming techniques" & 1 more waffle for giving a stupid justification for the blowjob scene in the brown bunny -a discographical waffle).

& how is it possible for "spend some time" to be pronounced repeatedly as spaaaayyyynnnnnddddd some time?

Statistics: Posted by ssakmule_Archive — Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:44 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-12-01T11:56:55-06:00

NOT CRAP.

Between this and The Brown Bunny, Gallo has become a really great filmmaker. One of the best in this country, IMO.

Statistics: Posted by tallchris_Archive — Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:56 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-12-01T09:33:47-06:00

What I find most endearing w/ this film is you start out hating the character and by the end you are rooting for him. Not crap in any way.

Statistics: Posted by spanning time_Archive — Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:33 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-12-01T07:58:27-06:00

MantaRay wrote:did mine eyes deceive me, or did I see Vince Gallo in a Belvedere vodka tv commercial?

Buffalo '66- NOT CRAP

that was him.

and i like this movie. not crap.

Statistics: Posted by that damned fly_Archive — Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:58 am

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-30T17:31:36-06:00

did mine eyes deceive me, or did I see Vince Gallo in a Belvedere vodka tv commercial?

Buffalo '66- NOT CRAP

Statistics: Posted by MantaRay_Archive — Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:31 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-30T15:13:40-06:00

Love this movie, one of my top 10 of all time.

Hipsters love to point out the "flaws" in the movie, but a moving having flaws doesn't make it bad. Anyone can nitpick scenes to death...

As others pointed out, the dialog and delivery are just amazing.

My favs are of course Ricci, Goon and the Dad character.

I steal lines all the time for my own relationship, 'act like you like me' is a command I often give my girlfriend.

Statistics: Posted by Hexpane_Archive — Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:13 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T22:51:46-06:00

run joe run wrote:
Dr. O' Nothing wrote:Is that supposed to be my thinking, Gallo's thinking, or are you just projecting, big time?

Gallo's.

Anyway, you didn't address the issue of consistency among these actors. If you can nail it down, please do.

Gallo's fantasies, in a bollockshell.

Perhaps and quite likely.
Personally, I think there is a 'dark horse' quality inherent in all of those actors, not unlike the vibe VG tries to convey for/about himself in his films.
Me, I will watch pretty much any scene that features any of the above thespians.

Statistics: Posted by Dr O Nothing_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:51 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T22:46:22-06:00

Dr. O' Nothing wrote:Is that supposed to be my thinking, Gallo's thinking, or are you just projecting, big time?

Gallo's.

Anyway, you didn't address the issue of consistency among these actors. If you can nail it down, please do.

Gallo's fantasies, in a bollockshell.

Statistics: Posted by run joe run_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:46 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T22:40:03-06:00

run joe run wrote:
Dr. O' Nothing wrote:I really love how Gallo cast this film's supporting roles...
Gazzara, A. Houston, Mickey Rourke, Jan-Michael Vincent, Rosanna Arquette.
There is something very consistent about those choices, and while I don't really care to nail down the reasons why in a few sentences[...]

I'll do it, gladly.

Ben Gazzara: John Cassavetes fantasy.

Angelica Houston: John Houston fantasy/hopeful of a blowjob

Mickey Rourke: Tough guy! Difficult to work with! Loved by the French

Jan-Michael Vincent: Tacky 80's tv star + motorcycle crash = cut-price Tarantino.

Rosanna Arquette: Probably after a blowjob.

Is that supposed to be my thinking, Gallo's thinking, or are you just projecting, big time?

Anyway, you didn't address the issue of consistency among these actors. If you can nail it down, please do.

Statistics: Posted by Dr O Nothing_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:40 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T22:10:10-06:00

Double cunting post.

Statistics: Posted by run joe run_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:10 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T22:09:48-06:00

Dr. O' Nothing wrote:I really love how Gallo cast this film's supporting roles...
Gazzara, A. Houston, Mickey Rourke, Jan-Michael Vincent, Rosanna Arquette.
There is something very consistent about those choices, and while I don't really care to nail down the reasons why in a few sentences[...]

I'll do it, gladly.

Ben Gazzara: John Cassavetes fantasy.

Angelica Houston: John Houston fantasy/hopeful of a blowjob

Mickey Rourke: Tough guy! Difficult to work with! Loved by the French

Jan-Michael Vincent: Tacky 80's tv star + motorcycle crash = cut-price Tarantino.

Rosanna Arquette: Probably after a blowjob.

Niko wrote:A better film would be hard to find.

I actually think it would be one of the easiest tasks a person could undertake.

This is a great film.

This film is great.

[I]t's beautifully shot, wonderfully edited, superbly acted and delciately constructed.

wonderful.

great cast, great script, well exectuted.

In my view one of the best films ever made.

I feel so alone sometimes.

Statistics: Posted by run joe run_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:09 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T21:44:39-06:00

I really love how Gallo cast this film's supporting roles...
Gazzara, A. Houston, Mickey Rourke, Jan-Michael Vincent, Rosanna Arquette.
There is something very consistent about those choices, and while I don't really care to nail down the reasons why in a few sentences, I feel like I would have gone for the same actors had I been casting or directing.

Statistics: Posted by Dr O Nothing_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:44 pm

Film: Buffalo 66

2007-11-29T18:16:50-06:00

Rotten Tanx wrote:Christina Ricci's character (layla/wendy) could have done with some backstory. There's no reason given for her liking him. She doesn't mention her own life at all.

Actually, it's the lack of exposition that I appreciate. There isn't a reason and you don't know, except for a really quick case of Stockholm Syndrome.

The movie's main strength, I think, is its atmosphere. It can be incredibly chilly and distant and still feel intimate.

I remember reading that Gallo had stated he'd never finished reading a novel and that he was generally not a literary or well read person. That maybe works for Buffalo 66 in a way that it didn't work for Brown Bunny. The scenes between actors in Buffalo 66 seemed, for the most part, pretty direct and not really affected by much. Brown Bunny, for the most part, lacked other actors that Gallo could react to.

Statistics: Posted by The MayorofRockNRoll_Archive — Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:16 pm