The Brown Bunny (DVD)

...been occupying his every thought. The trip is in dispersed with a serious of encounters that Bud has other women named after flowers. He offers a young girl called Violet a trip to California, but ditches her at the last minute, he kisses an older woman called Lilly then leaves and picks up a prostitute called Rose whom he takes out to lunch. He also pays a trip to Daisy's mother who talks about Daisy's pet bunny who she is looking after. He finally ...
...a startling twist which changes the nature of everything that has precedes it. The Brown Bunny received notoriety in America after critic Roger Ebert publically called it the worst film in Cannes history that lead to a public slanging match between Gallo and Ebert. After the disastrous Cannes screenings Gallo went and re-edited the film and cut it down from 2 hours to an hour and a half. The film also gained publicity over the explicit scene of ...

filmbuff85 13.04.2007 · Read full review
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When Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the majority of the audience walked out. Those that remained went on to hail it as being the worst film in the history of the festival. Feuds broke out between Gallo and a number of critics, most notably Roger Ebert, who Gallo went so far as to put a curse on him. Since then, Gallo has gone on to re-edit The Brown Bunny, excising nearly a quarter of the film in order ...
...Sadly, I have not seen the original cut of The Brown Bunny. I'd like to, if only to compare the two, and I'm hoping that the DVD will come through. As it is though, I only have the newer cut to go on. It's certainly not a perfect film, nor is it anywhere near being a great one. But it is constantly engaging, if difficult viewing. Again we have a film that isn't so much to be enjoyed as to be appreciated. Gallo himself takes on the lead role of Bud ...

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...I would love to describe the plot to you in great detail: he drives his car and then gets given head by the hapless Chloe Sewigny - there - that is it - I suppose that here is a twist of sorts ( in the tradition of all desperate struggling plots) at the end which I am tempted to tell you so you won't have the agony of sitting through the film to get to it but I won't, just to be cruel. It does not really constitute a twist anyway as the only thing ...
...I suppose that along the way on his badly filmed journey he does stop occasionally to bestow his irresistable ( but oh so disturbed and guilt ridden) charms on various grateful women. I think Vincent Gallo is indulging all his worst fantasies about himself If only he had had some real mates around him to tell him how dreadful and self indulgent he was being, but no, and it got a distribution deal - wow! On the plus side (!!!) I stayed awake so I ...

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