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The Brown Bunny
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 Vincent Gallo strikes again
If you like films that are heavy on emotion, light on dialog then you'll like Brown Bunny. Introspective, self indulgent, seemingly superficial but ultimately very powerful. It will stay with you long after you've seen it, which is more than i can say for the last 9 or so films i've seen.
 It was odd.....
It was basically mostly about a guy on the road driving for a long time. Way too much road scenes. Although it did have one racy scene.
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Vincent Gallo is a talented actor and he has an intriguing story to tell in his film, THE BROWN BUNNY (2005).
Unfortunately, as producer, screenwriter, director, editor and cinematographer of this low budget effort, he has not told his story well.
Had he concentrated on his acting and left the other creative assignments to professionals who specialize in these respective areas, he might have delivered a much more satisfying film.
THE BROWN BUNNY, on the other hand, has received a considerable amount of notoriety because it is perhaps the first mainstream film to contain an explicit sex scene performed by a well-known actress (Chloe Sevigny).
Gallo plays a motorcycle racer who, after finishing a race in New Hampshire, travels across country in his van to compete in a California contest. He is a troubled soul. He tries to initiate an intimacy with several women (including Cheryl Tiegs) who he meets during his journey, but something inside him prevents this.
What is bothering him? We know that it has something to do with his former girl friend (Sevigny), but we don't know the details until the film's very surprising ending.
Frankly, I was a little depressed after this picture ended, primarily because Gallo had the basis for a good, essentially well-acted, little movie that went unrealized.
Sorry, Vincent, but there was only one Orson Welles.
© Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
The difference between art and high art
There is definitely difference between art and high art. This is an attempt to present art, although not a very good one. The notion of telling a story about how remorse, guilt and grief shapes us in what we are is surely noble. But inserting graphic oral sex scenes to get to the point is totally unnecessary. This film would have been much better if it was presents in series of flashbacks or a third party narrator such as a close friend or a family member. But watching uncomprehensible actions of one guy during his cross-country drive thru the US to get to the final disclosure of what this story is all about during the final scenes, makes this movie boring. If you really want to see what the emptiness of a human sould is all about after a great loss, then you should skip this movie and see "Paris, Texas" or "Irreversible" instead.
Wonderful film for a Lonely Person
I read all the reviews before I purchased this movie, so I knew what I was getting into. I thought Vincent did a superb job of putting you in that place; i.e. getting you into the mood of the film and making you feel the same way the character does, much like he did in Buffalo '66. Great to watch alone, especially if you feel like you are out of place, or you feel the primal urge to get in the car and just journey. The film lulls you into a state of complacency, but the end builds into a big crescendo. The 'infamous scene' was totally necessary in my opinion. It makes sense assuming you are in a bad way when viewing the film.
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