Vincent Gallo in The Brown Bunny Easily the Worst Film I Have Ever Seen
They Got Brown Right.
I am generally one of the easiest people to please when it comes to a movie. I rarely hate them. And it has to be pretty bad for it to be on my "worst" list.
Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny is the epitome of "worst" films. Honestly, the only redeeming value that I could find is that it ends.
I admit, I went to see it out of curiosity on the controversial sex scene that had Chloe Sevigny lose her agent. That is the last time I will do that.
In Vincent Gallo's credit, it was an interesting idea. For a short film.
The lighting is awful. Most of the time the camera isn't in focus and a majority of the cuts aren't motivated. The music, ok so it is a decent soundtrack, doesn't match the film at all. The sound mixing is terrible. The acting is frigid. It seriously looks as though none of them have acted and are reading directly from a script. It's awful I tell you.
But the worst thing? The cinematography is unjustifiably horrid. A good portion of the film is in his van. Either the camera is pointing out the windshield or at him- with his head cut off due to bad framing.
I would say it is definitely a film for all aspiring filmmakers to see for examples of what NOT to do. Buffalo 66 was good, but Vincent Gallo somehow took a wrong turn with this one.
And the controversial "sex scene" is not worth the time or money to see this film. I am no prude, in fact I am quite the opposite. But this scene made me feel uncomfortable. I can understand how you would lose an agent over it.
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4 Comments
Post a Commentwhat do you know about cinematography,show us your film work.
everyone now is a digital camera guy.
the 16mm film photography in this is rather fantastic.
not the usual high gloss affair but lovely in it's own terms.
filmaking should not be about rules,this film was made with a minimal crew and i thought it worked.
self indulgent sometimes but a really great mood piece.
so shut up little girl
As a film fan I've tried to watch on three different occasions... I stopped watching it before the notorious bj scene. I've tried this movie stoned, drunk and sober and it is just horrible. I kept thinking to myself: "why am I watching some narcissistic guy pretending to be an actor?"
I read on wikipedia that this movie cost $10.000.000. Someone got screwed big time.
I'm a designer with film making experience and I can make a better quality film with my DV cam and my laptop. I actually suspect Vincent Gallo of having used just that and putting the rest of the $9.990.000 in his pocket.
Besides that the plot is just one big egotrip of Mr. Gallo
Acting: kindergarten play level.
Framing: awful
Techical difficulty level of this movie: high school with dumb students.
And the worst part: It's so pretentious it isn't funny anymore, while the level of associations and intelligence would bring tears to any serious film student or any sapient being.
Yeah, it was bad. The bunny was cute, even though it was only in the movie for a flash.
Oh I hate that movie. It barely has a bunny in it at all.