Buffalo '66 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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I revisit this classic often.
Scan on the 15th Anniversary Blu-ray looks great.
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.
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…
“Just look like we are a married couple, spanning time!”
-Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo)
Buffalo ’66 is the feature debut from Vincent Gallo, who also writes and stars as the lead. I feel I must first admit; I didn’t actually want to like this film. I had heard much about Gallo prior to seeing this (and not all sung his praises.), particularly that he is rather egotistic and self-absorbed, and that he complained about having to do all the work for Christina Ricci (Whom delivers perhaps the best performance of her career here.). As such, I concede that I didn’t exactly go into this with very high hopes. Against all odds, however, this film exceeded my expectations. Despite my predisposition,…
"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
Probably the funniest indie of the ‘90s, and a significant predecessor to both Punch-Drunk Love and Good Time.
A lot of talent and technical ability applied towards an immature fantasy. Knowing what an ass Gallo is doesn’t help either.
As I stand in line to punch Billy Brown in the face, I’m still not totally sure I’ve i like this movie or not. I can’t fathom why Layla would stay with the man who grabbed her from behind and subsequently kidnapped her. But then I have to a wonder where she was before. Maybe she didn’t have anyone or anything to go back to; she was seeking a companion-even if he may be extremely toxic and neurotic. I don’t stand for Gallo’s directorial choices one bit, but stellar acting on both Gallo and Ricci’s behalves.
"Girls stink. They stink, they're evil, and they're all bad."
"I don't want to live anymore."
Buffalo '66 is fundamentally about alienation. Billy Brown is a man who simply needs to expel and put out into the world what he has been repressing for so long. This repression and lack of ability to vent makes him lash out, victimizing the marginalized for momentary relief from his greater anxieties. We find out Billy very well could have turned out fine, but instead comes from a line of men who are paranoid and unable to express themselves just the same. Even in his father's single moment of vulnerability, there is a threat ever present.
Billy is pathetic, Billy is unlikable, and worst…
I was laughing so much at how Billy was just a ball of anxiety the whole time, a ticking time-bomb with an enormously acute temper haha. But then of course I got to meet his parents, and then I was actually sad for him. A little bit of fantasy Manic Pixie Dream Girl in Christina Ricci's character, but she's nice to look at so I'm not complaining.
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