Buffalo '66 (1998)
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 (and forcing her to say the same). (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Vincent Gallo
Written By: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Kevin Corrigan, Rosanna Arquette, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Pollak, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Christina Ricci, Jan-Michael Vincent, Vincent Gallo, John Sansone
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
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Moribunny | 85 95th |
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Billy is a cynic, a pathological misanthrope, possibly trauma-stricken, and yet Buffalo '66 is an earthly and humane, even warm film. Layla's character is just as wrong-headed as Billy, with her incurable naivety and Stockholm syndrome, but she's not a caricature. It's hyper-realist in its attention to the minutiae of human behavior (he needs to pee, she waits forever for her hot chocolate, etc), but from the clash of personalities, Gallo draws endless surprises and great underlying humor.
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leshii | 6 1st |
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An unwatchable glimpse into a terribly boring, overly-confident Vincent Gallo, who would be better served in the film industry by getting coffee for the directors he so badly wants to imitate. Even an interesting historical footnote--Scott Norwood's missed field goal in Super Bowl XXV--is trashed to the point of oblivion. I hated this movie.
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gokhanince | 92 94th |
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Insecurity of men cannot be shown in a more subtle and delicate way...
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frederic_g54 | 10 97th |
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Don't think a film has ever bothered less with coherent dialogue/narrative structure as the film seems to be an appendage to Gallo's redemption seeking quest for a past often only hinted at, with Gallo in complete control on and behind the screen. I thought about turning it off after 20 minutes, but I'm happy I didn't. The scene where Gallo takes a leak and moments that follow seem to be the crux for keeping me in my seat. A stylized experience from a unique individual. Recommended !
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Mentaculus | 70 53rd |
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The film has a certain undernourished poise that I appreciate, and it builds, through a unique cadence, to about 3 moments of grace that I found truly remarkable. In between, though, I couldn't help but feel the narcissism of the filmmakers, as if its worldview of naturalized, justified, polite stupidity (and for that matter, misogyny) went beyond its characters.
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Boobjuice | 70 66th |
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This film has a very worn and dingy aesthetic that I love. There are countless problems with this film---mostly being various manifestations of Gallo's firmly-entrenched misogyny--- but even so, I can't say that I hate it. Indeed, I have "Buffalo '66" to thank for the resurrection of Yes' prog-rock magnum opus, "Heart of the Sunrise."
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sebby | 85 95th |
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There's something paradoxical in the sense that so much of Buffalo '66 feels like it's constructed of allusions to other films and filmmakers, and yet in the end my immediate thought was that I hadn't seen anything quite like it before and that Gallo was something of an original. Strangely gripping film.
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| 1 | svicciarelli | 30 0th |
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Narcissitic and lame. I despise this movie except for its cinematography; each frame looks like a run down photo.
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Pickpocket | 10 98th |
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I love this movie. Gallo is just an interesting guy to watch. Cool cinematography and it was definitely influenced by the French New Wave. The ending is amazing.
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Ytadel | 4 43rd |
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One of those quiet, quirky, melancholy little films, made watchable by some original worn-down cinematography and Ms. Ricci.
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| 1 | mikeparasol | 67 33rd |
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Vincent Gallo is unbelievably irritating in this film.
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AFlickering | 6 87th |
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with every year that passes earnest, generous films like this seem more precious. few actors more transparently wear their personas as a shield, but to gallo's credit he's always willing to puncture that in his films. as much as i like the bulk of THE BROWN BUNNY the ending is too hysterical and hyperbolic to have the desired effect, whereas here the process of undressing to an almost fetal state is more organic. it's also funnier, even has proto-ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT family flashbacks!
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Isobelmoon | 76 75th |
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Powerful and touching.
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DougReese | 100 96th |
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Finding comedy in the most unfunny of things, and the unfunny in the usually comical - Vincent Gallo's quirky, eyebrow-raising "Buffalo '66" can be seen as a self-satire on Gallo's part and as a self-aware exercise in smugness. No matter what, it is genius scene after genius scene that builds the film up to the point of where the audience (and possibly even Gallo) has no idea what the point is, and that's what makes it so enjoyably brilliant.
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hellboy76 | 68 65th |
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Vicent Gallo really hates women. Ricci is wooden in this film but it really doesn't detract much. Everything is so odd and uncomfortable. It seems to be taking place 20 years ago. See it once as there isn't really any other films that feel like this out there. Huston and Corrigan are great.
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lineuphere | 11 1st |
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Watching a narcissist force himself to cry 5 times was challenging.
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Gnalkhere | 75 59th |
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I was pleasantly surprised
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capodelnulla | 75 69th |
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yıllarca bu film üzerine yazılıp çizilen her şeyin abartılı olduğunu, filmin geç 90larda bol olan standart bir sekans bulamaçı olduğunu düşünerek hep listenin en arkasına atmıştım. büyük yanılgı. film dilini bu kadar iyi kullanıp böylesi çiğ hissi veren bir film yapabilmek hayranlık uyandırıcı. yapımı tahminen gallo'nun verdiği imaj kadar rahatsız edicidir ama ne harika bir portre. ve böylesi iyi isimlerin de dahil olması...
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| 1 | DinnyPregs | 97 96th |
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Holy shit, this is like the film I've been wanting to make my whole life.
Kind of like if Cassavetes directed Punch-Drunk Love, or something. I applaud Vincent for having the cajones to make this film, it's really the kind of film that will only resonate with a small select group of people, but when it does the film is like a godsend.
One of the most beautiful love stories I've ever seen. I would have ended it differently though...
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P u l p | 82 91st |
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I really didn't expect this to be this good!
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JSchlansky | 58 38th |
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It gets more interesting as it moves along (nothing really worthwhile until the parents come in.) The visual style is interesting some of the acting is good but... man, fuck Vincent Gallo. Not his character. I mean fuck his character too, but also fuck him as a person. Fuck him fictionally and non-fictionally.
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| Average Percentile 64.08% from 1870 Ratings |  |