1998 Directed by Vincent Gallo
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
Vincent Gallo Christina Ricci Ben Gazzara Anjelica Huston Rosanna Arquette Jan-Michael Vincent Kevin Corrigan Mickey Rourke Kevin Pollak Alex Karras John Sansone Manny Fried John Rummel Bob Wahl Penny Wolfgang Anthony Mydcarz Michael Maciejewski Jack Claxton Dominic Telesco Carl Marchi Kim Krah Julius Digennaro Terry Braunstein Jack Hunter Norma Gelose Jamie King Janel King Joey Giambra
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Caught this in 35mm and just want to get it out there that nothing has ever looked this good on film, can’t imagine seeing it any other way.
This blends traditional filmmaking with new wave elements and feels like nothing else out there. Everything that happens after the bowling scene is so vulnerable. Vincent Gallo seems to have a relatively toxic fanbase (for the most part) and from what I know about him I can’t say I’m a huge fan but I also can’t deny his artistic devotion. I’ll have a lengthy amount to say about this eventually but I’m glad I liked this and am open to discussing it more.
I don't honestly know if I like this movie but I love christina ricci. I hate vincent gallo but christina ricci. I hate that billy had a character arc in the last 45 seconds but like I said, christina ricci. in conclusion, I love christina ricci. she's an angel and deserves the entire world. vincent gallo can choke on his own dick.
I revisit this classic often.
Scan on the 15th Anniversary Blu-ray looks great.
vincent gallo: so this pretty perfect angel is going to fall in love with ME, a brooding, BIG COCKED stud with a dark past despite the fact that i'm an ass
me: ok this is shit lol
vicent gallo: but i'm going to film this in an admirable way and my characters are going to be interesting & i'll tackle heavy subjects such as suicide and guilt poetically
me: ok !! now crying and thinking about this for a month
91/100
Like Zonca's Julia, an improbable triumph in a "genre" I normally despise—here, the sensitive man-child who's saved/redeemed by the unconditional love of a fantasy babe. Both films push their noxious idea to an extreme that's at once comical and disturbing, demanding empathy for a nearly irredeemable protagonist; Gallo opens with a photo of Billy at age seven ("with his dog Bingo"), then proceeds to play the role as if still trapped at that age, with all of a child's destructive narcissism and no cuteness whatsoever. Ultimately, it's Ricci's miraculous performance that makes it work, beginning with the almost preternatural stillness of her extended close-up in the car, as she simply listens to Billy's insane request without making the slightest…
it’s been a while since a film has made me feel this way, there are literally no words i just want to stare at christina ricci and her blue eyeshadow till the end of my days
This shouldn't work. It should be deplorable, convoluted, annoying, and pretentious. It should make me feel sick, I should hate this, I should never want to look at Vincent Gallo, and I should wash this away from my life. But I just can't. It just works. It's magical really. Brilliant performances all around, wild stylistic choices, and a moving tale of a horrible protagonist (that you somehow feel bad for (sometimes)) slowly learning to accept, take responsibility, and love. What more could you want? It doesn't exist in the real world, but it's similar; it operates solely in the realm of film, and that's what I think makes it brilliant. It's 110 minutes inside Gallo's brain as a creator, and…
let’s not forget about the real star of the film, christina ricci’s blue eyeshadow
"I thought of nothing but her. I expected everything from her. I was ready to lay everything at her feet. I was not in the least in love with her. Yet I had only to imagine that she might fail to keep the appointment, or forget it, to see where I stood. Then the world would be a desert once more, one day as dreary and worthless as the last, and the deathly stillness and wretchedness would surround me once more on all sides with no way out from this hell of silence except the razor."
- Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf
can I have a hot chocolate please
very hot
like we're husband and wife, and we SPAN time together. we SPAN time together as a couple, cause we're a loving couple, spanning time.
BUFFALO '66 was incredible. Full of pain, heart & humour. Vincent Gallo wrote, directed, scored this masterpiece & his acting makes us empathize with such a detestable protagonist. The editing, photography & style totally floored me. Just became one of my favorite movies.
Like having 100 beautiful 35mm pieces that don’t go to the same puzzle. Maybe works better viewed as a surrealist piece but still would’ve been well served by stronger character building
Beautiful, brass, outlandish and courageous. That’s what I would say about this movie if I wrote for a newspaper, but seriously this film hit all the high notes and beyond with a fluid camera work and hypnotic editing this film immediately pulls you in and the amazing choice of music throughout helps the film have an almost David lunch aspect to it mixed with the outlandish characters and wacky one liners this film is enjoyable from start to finish and couldn’t recommend it enough!
I never do reviews and there’s a good chance I’ll never do one again after this but I’m a little torn up on this one. The pieces were there for this to be an absolute masterpiece, and in many peoples eyes it was. The acting is damn near perfect, and the script is solid with a powerful message. Never 100% knowing what exactly Billy was thinking or how he was gonna react to certain things (such as Layla’s CIA fairytale after him clearly stating the story was that they met in high school) was a great way to keep the suspense up and keep the story unpredictable. I enjoyed the old/ low quality cinematography actually quite a bit. However there…
A very dear friend lended me his blu ray copy of this so I decided to watch it without looking it up (I had only heard of it), and I have to say this was an incredibly unique viewing experience. Within the first 10 minutes I knew I was viewing something completely in its own realm that I wouldn't be forgetting very soon.
The first act of this film is incredibly alarming and I really had no idea where it was going, but hoo boy did it hit when things got moving.
Really really loved the music as well
very surprised this had a good ending, it was a very expect-a-bad-ending/twist movie...also fuck billy's parents all my homies hate billy's parents
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