The Brown Bunny

[matt35mm]

"you don't love me"
"yes i do"
"no you don't"
"yes, i've always loved you"
"you're lying"
"it's true"
"you don't love me"
"yes baby"

i mean please...this is what happens when you put two amateur actors to improvise...Gallo gets way too much credit...

I don't think that was improvised.  It felt very specific to me.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Alexandro, I'd have to disagree with that piece of dialogue you chose being bad.

It was that kind of moment when Bud just needed to vent, and Daisy was the kind of person to just listen and walk him through it.  He'll say whatever he wants, and she'll do her best to let him know he's loved, she was trying to help him feel better.

That scene felt very real, very honest to me.

[grand theft sparrow]

Having followed the buzz on the film when it premiered at Cannes, even after knowing that it was re-cut, I didn't expect to like it.  That said,

a lot of this was really amateurish

but

turned out beautiful.

I think the cinematography worked in the context of the film.  It can be called amatuerish, and true, it was not done with all that much skill (although the ideas behind the shots were good, with things like focusing on the background instead of him and certain framing choices).  I don't think this film would've worked as well with "better" cinematography, for this cinematography benefitted the texture of this movie.

the movie is a few insert shots away from hipster porn

but it really strikes me as amazing how Gallo earns the right to that ending by spending the first hour of the film the way he does.

I felt surprisingly connected to it

but

I can totally understand why someone would hate it.

[hedwig]

^^^William Burroughs reviews a film on Xixax.

[MacGuffin]

Paxton and Sevigny Furious During Interview

Actors Bill Paxton and Chloe Sevigny "went ballistic" on Wednesday after the actress was asked about an explicit sex scene from a previous film on a daytime TV talk show. The two were appearing on US chat show The View to promote their new HBO series Big Love, about a polygamous husband and his three wives. One of The View's co-hosts, Joy Behar, brought up an infamous scene from independent film The Brown Bunny, where Sevigny orally pleasures co-star Vincent Gallo. Sources on set say Paxton and Sevigny masked their fury from viewers but "went ballistic" off camera, with Paxton reportedly vowing never to appear on the show again. Sevigny has frequently discussed the controversial scene, but Paxton didn't want her to have to relive it on the sedate daytime talk show. The View spokesman Karl Nilsson says, "Co-host Joy Behar is known for her good-natured candor, as well as her humor, and meant no disrespect." Viewers on the US east coast watched live as the cast squirmed in their seats, but all talk of the incident was cut out of the west coast broadcast, which aired later. Nilsson refused to say who requested that the conversation regarding The Brown Bunny be edited out.

[©brad]

hahah, stupid bitches.

[Pubrick]

remember to post the link of the clip when it appears, anyone. the tiff, not the scene in question.

[Thrindle]

Good, it's about time someone put those bitches in their place.  Star Jones is fucking sickening, the little Republican should be shot, and Joy Behar is not funny.  GRRRR.

I need to see a clip of this!

[hedwig]

^^haha, you're feisty one. 

I saw Wanda Skyes on Conan once talking about her interview on "The View" .. Conan asked her what she thought and in classic Skyes form she responded, "Them some yakety bitches." 

[MacGuffin]

GALLO GIVES OUR MAN HARD TIME
Source: New York Post

September 14, 2007 -- MADMAN artist Vincent Gallo has issued a profanity-filled rant against Post critic Frank Scheck - and his family - after Scheck suggested the actor used a prosthetic during his explicit oral-sex scene with Chloe Sevigny in the 2003 movie bomb "The Brown Bunny."

"Tell that hack to convince his mother, sister or wife to let me give it to her . . . and then she can report back to little Frank if she thought [it was fake]," Gallo raged to Page Six.

In "Dudes Get Nude on Film" in Wednesday's Post, Scheck described how Viggo Mortensen reveals the full monty in his new flick, "Eastern Promises," and notes that Richard Gere, Kevin Bacon, Harvey Keitel and Ewan MacGregor have bared it all in the past. He then details how some actors fake it and how Sevigny is graphically shown servicing "an appendage that may or may not have belonged to her co-star and director, Vincent Gallo."

Gallo ranted in an e-mail: " 'The Brown Bunny' is an ultra-low-budget film. With that in mind, the expense to create a prosthetic that could pass on film would be well out of the film's budget, and so far no one has come close to making such a thing pass as real . . . For example, Mark Wahlberg's rubber [organ in 'Boogie Nights'] was far from realistic and was only seen for a few seconds. If one wasn't blinded by jealousy, it would be easy to tell [my] scene was real. Chloe Sevigny herself has publicly said the scene involved us performing real sex.

"Why then does Scheck promote doubt about the scene's authentic nature? I speculate it's because Mr. Scheck most likely has a very small, ugly penis and needs to believe that only in make-believe does anyone have one like mine!"

Scheck said he was amused by Gallo's ravings and suggested the actor might be defensive because of his shortcomings. "Methinks Mr. Gallo doth protest too much," Scheck cracked. "That's about as much of a d***-waving match as I'm willing to get into."

Gallo is well known for his off-the-wall insults. He once called critic Roger Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader" and wished cancer on him for a bad review. Ebert eventually did come down with the disease.

[Ravi]

Gallo is well known for his off-the-wall insults. He once called critic Roger Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader" and wished cancer on him for a bad review. Ebert eventually did come down with the disease.

The NY Post is suggesting that Gallo has evil powers.

[private witt]

"Tell that hack to convince his mother, sister or wife to let me give it to her . . . and then she can report back to little Frank if she thought [it was fake]," Gallo raged to Page Six.

When you're almost fifty years old and you're this insecure about what people think about your prick, you know you're an actor.  Thank the lord there are still artists out there who will say shit like this to the press.  I'm looking at you, Mr. Kinski!