The Brown Bunny
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Movie Reviews of The Brown Bunny
Movie Review: FINALLY, This masterpiece will be Released in the US!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Almost a year after its US launch, The Brown Bunny will finally be released on DVD!
For those that don't know the story - Gallo plays Bud Clay, a Motorcycle racer who travels across the country
to his next race and to find his one true love, Daisy. On the way he meets women that share the same pain that he has. When he finally arrives in California we get to witness some of the best film making (not talking about the explicit oral scene for which this movie is famous for)in American Cinema History.
Vincent Gallo's "Brown Bunny" is one of those films that is heavily bashed during its opening and then 5-10 years later is looked back on as a masterpiece.
The Brown Bunny was said to be "the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival", by Roger Ebert. But then after it's release in the states and after Roger Ebert interviewed Vincent Gallo, He gave it a 3 out of 4 stars.
The problem is that the press hates Vincent Gallo, they think he is conceded and obnoxious and a jerk, but after they meet him and sit down for a one-on-one interview they find out that he is one of the smartest and coolest people on earth.
His first indie breakthrough film "Buffalo '66 was also bashed at the cannes Film Festival and then later labeled as "the best independent film of the last 10 years."
I really hope that Vincent Gallo continues his career in Directing because he really is a genius and there is no one else in this world like him.
I also hope that this DVD includes the full unedited version(with commentary) that was shown at Cannes because I have yet to see that version.
Movie Review: An interesting movie
Summary: 5 Stars
There are a few things that need to be understood about this movie. The first is that this not a typical movie in any sense. It's a kind of a road movie, but like all the best road movies the journey serves a symbolic as well as a narrative sense. The closest precursor to this film I can think of is Monte Hellman's "Two Lane Blacktop," a film that drew similar derision 35 years ago but has gone on to become a kind of classic within film appreciation circles. Gallo's film takes some of the basic ideas about a road journey as existentialist metaphor from the earlier film and develops and tweaks them in interesting ways, resulting in one of the more ambitious and rewarding American films of recent years.[...]
So try to look beyond your initial reactions and take the movie on its own terms. One final note - Chloe Sevigny does not deserve the outrage that some of the guardians of public decency have levelled against her. She was and remains a fine actress, and while I cannot attest to her personal character, there is no reason to assume that her participation in this movie necessarily reveals her to be an immoral person. Remember, she and Gallo have been intimate in the past, so she doesn't do anything in this movie that she hasn't done before - while many other actresses routinely have very steamy scenes with actors they have never had a relationship with! Watch this movie carefully first, and reserve your judgments for later. When you do, you might just discover a bold and exciting experiment in American film.
Movie Review: The Sad Bunny
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, most of this movie is spent watching Vincent Gallo drive across the country and yes, there is a graphic oral sex scene at the end with Gallo and Chloe Sevigny. However, if that's all you see when you watch "The Brown Bunny", then I'd say you need your pulse checked and your art spoon fed to you. This movie does an incredible job of portraying a man on the verge of mental collapse and it drags it's audience down with it, straight through all the same pools of isolated, guilty wretchedness that Bud, the main character, endures throughout the film. The lone driving, the long, extended periods of silence, the mishap encounters with strangers (all of whom seem just as lost as Bud) pull whoever's watching this movie into the personal Hell that has become Bud Clay's life. And the now infamous scene at the end only further emphasizes Bud's slipping grip on sanity. It is not "unnecessary" or "self indulgent" (I seriously doubt Vincent Gallo put this scene in his movie only to impress us with his genitalia) in the slightest. It is a crucial sequence that is not only disturbing, but an all too real display of what one might do in order to try and regain some control (and no, that is not meant to be chauvinistic) after having witnessed the evil that men can do and the powerlessness and mental anguish that accompanies it.
Vincent Gallo has created brilliance with "The Brown Bunny" and the images and the feelings that this movie evokes will stay with it's audience for a very long time.
Movie Review: Sincere cinema... finally!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this picture on a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia with my former girlfriend, Danielle. We had been at a wedding the day prior and were worn beyond worn by the obligatory motions of the previous evening's ceremony and reception and in much need of a refreshing life element. I had, of course, heard about the scandal surrounding "The Brown Bunny" but was not at all swayed from going to the theatre to see what I knew would be a perfect film. Danielle and I were not disappointed... the film... atmospheric, feeling-oriented, comfortable, smart, subtle, lush (when necessary), sparse (when necessary), contrasty, ambiguous, well-crafted, melodious... I'll stop there... but I really don't want to... Vincent Gallo understands and respects cinema, the way few directors do these days, and, unlike so many independents (I hate that word), he shot ON FILM, refusing to fall into the tacky conveniences of the digital video movement... which has all but destroyed renegade filmmaking...
... can't wait to own this... beautiful, knowing, that I can re-live the moment when me and Danielle were snug in our seats... hand to chest... hand in hand... watching the opening strains of the film... rain falling on a van windshield... Jackson Frank's "Milk and Honey" caressing the audience... a hard profile, in partial silhouette... loneliness and warmth... loss and hope... the road to everywhere... every hurt... every touch... "The Brown Bunny"... thanks, Vincent.
Movie Review: Arthouse sexual abomination and abrasive submission to anguish
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie will leave you feeling numb.
Seriously, viewers who aren't fond of their safe little comfort zones being horrendously discombobulated and shattered into tiny pieces need to stay far away from this one.
It's about a guy named Bud Clay, who is a competitive motorcycle racer that is constantly running away from his inner demons.
I will admit, much of this movie is uneventful. It just shows Bud wallowing in his own loneliness and detachment as he travels across the country to his next race. You're left wondering what has left him so flustered. This stagnant narrative is actually a perfect setup, it all culminates in an ending that is so emotionally searing, so graphically shocking and sad, I'm still trying to recover.
***SPOILERS***
The end has an explicit oral sex scene performed by Chloe Sevigny. The Amazon editorial review labeled this graphic scene as completely unneccessary. I understand their opinion, but I think they might be overlooking a startling point. It's much more than a repulsive or gratuitous deed. That act totally amplifies the shock, helps to roughly seize a piece of the earth-shattering, debilitating events that haunt the main character. Truly disturbing.
Nothing beats an arthouse film for jarring your emotions in an unconventional manner. I implore you to watch this with caution.