I saw Tetro a few days ago, I walked out and thought: “I really like this Vincent Gallo” so I added his two movies to my Netflix que, a couple of minutes ago I figured out this guy was a republican and read some of his interviews and this guy is an arrogant jerk as many people have already stated.
About The Brown Bunny…
“When the twist finally reared it’s ugly head, the meaning, and the depth of all that had come before it, hit me like a ton of bricks. Those long, contemplative driving sequences became that torturous eternity alone with guilt, that only the truly heartbroken have known. None of the meetings with stranger’s were random encounters, anymore, and the meeting with her parent’s became impossibly desperate.
Just a brutal picture.
A true picture.” – Samuryan
Yeah. That film fucking kills me every time.
Vincent Gallo is obviously among the greatest auteurs ever to grace the silver screen. There can be no doubting this.
Is Gallo working on anything new? I feel like I may re-watch his two films agin soon. They both felt half-baked to me on first watch but I feel like I may have missed something. He is definitely attempting to avoid the standard Hollywood cliches but i will need to revisit his work to determine how successful he was.
My opinion: He’s a genius in every sense of the word. One of the most talented and visionary filmmakers to emerge from film history!
If God would make movies, I’d thope they would look like “The Brown Bunny”.
Also one of my favorite actors.
A lot of character attacks here which are a bit silly but as has been mentioned the guy has a pretty extreme sense of humor which, until you read a few interviews with the guy, you might not realize as being humor. I’ve liked both of his films (Buffalo ’66 more so than The Brown Bunny) and enjoy his music (seen him live a few times and is between song banter is quite hilarious.)
From what I have read he considers Pasolini, Ozu, and Bresson as his main “influences” and in a way I can see it (definitely in The Brown Bunny I see some Mouchette, for some reason).
Anyway, curious what you guys think about this quote (from this interview: http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/gallo.html)
PRIDE: I’m always startled by opening credits where a director’s let a movie go out with an ugly or inappropriate typeface. They didn’t say to the designer, “Try again.”
GALLO: I’m more blown away by the lack of commitment most filmmakers have to all the details of the film. I mean, I do my own trailers, I do my own posters, I do my own title treatments, I do my own optical prints, I do my own printing. I do my own color correction. Not that everybody has to multitask, but at least pay attention! You don’t have to cut your own trailer, but how could you let a film company design your poster? And the battle they put up with has to do with ego things, it never has to do with esthetics.
I mean, Wes Anderson wouldn’t know esthetic if it bopped him in the head. So when he makes a problem to the producers, it’s not even related to his vision in the way you would think. It’s related to some idea he has about himself or his place in history or what he’s seen before that he likes that he wants in his project, too. He saw in somebody’s movie that they used white background with black credits in their title sequence, like I did in Buffalo 66, now he wants it for Rushmore or whatever. That’s not really getting involved, either.
PRIDE: Making lists. Record collecting.
GALLO: Collage artists. The only good collage… I mean, Quentin Tarantino is a collage artist. Period. He may be a clever collage artist, he may be a successful collage artist, in the public’s eye. But he’s a collage artist, and collage, although it does have its own language and sensibility, it never has soul. Collage is an interesting art form, and it’s an interesting observation. But when it’s done in something with a purpose, it loses its soul.
I mean, I do my own trailers, I do my own posters, I do my own title treatments, I do my own optical prints, I do my own printing. I do my own color correction. Not that everybody has to multitask, but at least pay attention! You don’t have to cut your own trailer, but how could you let a film company design your poster?
Come on, people. A little respect, please. Yeah, he can appear irksome, but I’ll tell you this: I’d sooner have a beer with him than with that other guy (you know who I mean).
Auteur de merde….
I agree regarding the commentary. It’s a pleasure to listen to. If anyone’s wondering, it’s only available with the Japanese DVD of the film.
Sano: "My opinion: He’s a genius in every sense of the word. One of the most talented and visionary filmmakers to emerge from film history!
If God would make movies, I’d thope they would look like “The Brown Bunny”.
Also one of my favorite actors."
It’s hard to believe someone like him exists in this day and age, especially in the U.S. of A. He’s special.
I don’t know if you’ve seen Coppola’s TETRO yet, but I think his performance is one of the highlights of the film.
Yes, totally unique guy. As “Into the Void” said, I think he has a unsettling sense of humor, too.
Looking very much forward to Coppolas new work, and Gallo in it, though I thought “Youth Without Youth” to be an incredible mess…
But it seems I have huge problems with the look of digital cinema, when they go for cinematic effects similar to the ones when working with film material.
Xander
Oh yeah and I have his album and while the songs are just pretty good, the antique quality of the production and tone is outstanding.