The Brown Bunny
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- ********
I had to post this. Saw this film a month ago - and i approached it like a sceptic considering all the bad press it go.
But this has to be one of the most sublimely beautiful, and utterly devastating films I have ever seen.
And that infamous blow-job scene is one of the most powerful in cinematic history.
I encourage everyone to go see it and give it a chance. Definitly Gallow's masterpiece.
- rasko40
I watched this about a year ago and while some of the shots were nice, the film was boring boring boring, there was little to no substance, the dialogue sucked if there even was any, the symbolism was trite and cliché and Gallo basically just seems to love himself and want to be seen as 'cool', whatever that is.
If you lack a story, characters, plot or dialogue, make it into a roadtrip.
that bit with the girl at the gas station at the start was fucking ridicuous.
And dont get me wrong, there was something I kinda enjoyed about it, and I'm not one to slag of films easily, but as I remember it, this film was weak. I'd watch it again tho to be sure, afterall, I was rather drunk at the time.
- crap0
I really liked the movie.
Nothing much happens but that's ok. I find it refreshing to see a movie with a slow pace.
- ********0
hey rasko, i see where your coming from.
A friend of mine who is as much a cinephile as i am and whose opnions i greatly respect told me she fell asleep watching this!
I guess you have to be of a certain temprament to appreciate the movie.
I dont know about the "Gallo just wants to be cool" bit, i think he really put out a vulnerable character in this film. But the way he brandishes his name across the titles
makes people auto-pilot want to tear him down. That's his own fault.I'll tell you what i saw in it, for what its worth.
I remember seeing an interview with Gallow talking about his favourite films, and he mentioned the Yasujiro Ozu film, Late Spring.
Without going into that film too much, its basically about a man who has a spinster daughter who wont get married cos she wants to look after her dad, so the dad concocts this bullshit story how he's found a wife just to force his daughter to get married and then finally he plans this big wedding for his daughter.
The film meanders like your average melodramatic soap opera, completely to type. But then there's the scene at the end where the father sits alone at the table after his daughters
wedding. When the house is completely empty. And he poors himself a drink. And he gives an exhuasted sigh. And then it occurs to you, that that's what the entire film was about. THAT ONE MOMENT. That one pure moment of incredible insight into the human condition. That last 3mins or so of the final scene, that throws you into the state of mind of the main character.Gallow said that after seeing that film he decided all his films are going to be about THE MOMENT. Everything that happens for 90mins will all be concentrated into giving the impact of the last last final moment which gives meaning to everything that happened before.
And thats what I saw in the final scene in the motel room, the blowjob scene. That one devastating moment where he laid the incredibly hurt and emotionally fraught state of the character to bare, that just becomes obvious like "aha!" and then kind of sinks into you like a slow realisation where every long tracking shot, every shot of him on the motorbike, seems to be a preperation for that.
I thought it was beautifully done.
But then, i was slightly stoned watching the film, so i guess the narcotic you chose whilst watching it gives you a different sort of appreciation :)
- vespa0
i like your essays kuz
what made you think about it today?
- paraselene0
A friend of mine who is as much a cinephile as i am and whose opnions i greatly respect told me she fell asleep watching this!
Kuz
(Feb 8 07, 04:19)okay, but like i was stoned, too. ;)
- ********0
i was meaning to post something on NT about it for a while now.
What is it about this place?? lol, dunno, when i saw it, i thought, fuck, all i read on NT was a lot of hate towards this film and towards Gallow, This must be corrected!!!
I just have a lot of free time on my hand at work today. :)
- ********0
A friend of mine who is as much a cinephile as i am and whose opnions i greatly respect told me she fell asleep watching this!
Kuz
(Feb 8 07, 04:19)okay, but like i was stoned, too. ;)
paraselene
(Feb 8 07, 04:26)*insert infantile yet endearing emoticon here
- paraselene0
:P
- Jaline0
http://imdb.com/title/tt0330099/…
Gallo's a twat.
But I don't know much about his projects. I saw a few scenes here and there and obviously that's not enough to form a decent opinion about his films.
I think you have to be in a certain mood to see this film, as is the case with many other movies. When I watched L'Enfant I was disappointed. Maybe I wasn't in the mood to watch it, but I genuinely felt that, while the film had many great, slow, and realistic scenes, the climax just didn't work for me.
- mg330
And that infamous blow-job scene is one of the only reasons to watch that movie, if you're into that kind of thing.
Kuz
(Feb 8 07, 03:49)
- harlequino0
Funny this comes up. It's been on my mind too. Haven't seen it yet, but mean to. I've been skeptical for the same reasons, but I really like the idea of the film in all its controversy. I, for one, love Gallo's asshole public attitude. We need more of that.
This piggy backs nicely to the story on CNN.com I just saw about the Florida theater changing the Vagina Monologues on their marquee to the "Hoo-ha" Monlogues after some douche bag complained.
- ronaldo0
I'll never get that hour and a half back.. worst movie EVER
- exador10
hoo-ha monologues...
now THAT is funny
:)
ex
- pr20
good movie. have in on DVD.
- KevinTx0
did anyone see when gallow was selling his seed on his website?
- KevinTx0
*Gallo