The Brown Bunny

[Ghostboy]

Yeah, get those region free DVD players ready.

It'll probably be out later this year, judging by the amount of time it took Dogville to hit DVD in Europe.

[cron]

Yeah, all the french are crazy about it.



I predict a French DVD by September.

[coffeebeetle]

I can't wait.  

[meatwad]

Gallo's Tamed 'Bunny' Hops Set for U.S. Release

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actor/director Vincent Gallo's "Brown Bunny," which was jeered at Cannes last year, will finally be released in U.S. theaters in late August.

However, the version that will be screened is much different than the one that played here last year -- which Gallo subsequently contended was a rough version.

This "Bunny" is the one that subsequently hopped to the Toronto Film Festival last fall to a far less incendiary reception. It has been picked up by indie distributor Wellspring, which will release it in New York and Los Angeles, and on home video next year.

"Bunny" follows a road trip by a motorcycle racer obsessed with a past relationship, and included an onscreen fellatio scene between its stars, Gallo and Chloe Sevigny. It became the center of a media maelstrom when Gallo took on unenthusiastic critics with his customary vitriol.

"Like all great art, we expect (the film) to be hotly debated and discussed for many years to come," Wellspring distribution head Ryan Werner said in Cannes Thursday. "It is the rare film that I think will grow in esteem over time and serve as an inspiration to young filmmakers around the world."

Wellspring is currently in U.S. theaters with French director Andre Techine's latest effort "Strayed," starring Emmanuelle Beart.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[ono]

So any word on what the new cut will be like, or if this thing is going to extend beyond NY/LA?

[Ghostboy]

This Indiewire article goes a little bit further in answering both of those questions.

[cron]

The Brown Bunny

Release

[Finn]

Trailer here...

http://www.cinemovies.fr/cinetv/cinetv3.php?IDfilm=1982&IDBA=2961&typba=quicktime&run=haute%20res.

I don't know how the movie's gonna be, but that trailer is awesome.

[ono]

Yep, that trailer is definitely great.  Gallo is talented, too, no doubt.  At the very least, he knows how to tap into sentimentality and is an artful soul.  And that, at least, makes for a film with potential.  Shades of Buffalo '66 are evident, even from this small clip.  I'm betting Ebert's dead wrong in his assessment of the film.  At least, I'm hoping so.  This seems like it could be another Gerry.

[Pubrick]

the trailer was posted 5 months ago, on the previous page.

as for it's "coolness", it's nothing more than a music video. from what i heard the film doesn't employ this technique. perhaps his new cut is all like this and runs at half the original running time and relies completely on a moody song of his. yay for image-salvaging, calculated marketing.

[03]

I'm betting Ebert's dead wrong in his assessment of the film. At least, I'm hoping so.

it's an amazing film. you seem to appreciate Gallo, so i don't think it will disappoint you.

[ono]

Very few trailers aren't just music videos.  And trailers are marketing.  You know that as well as anyone, what with your hatred of them and all.

[Pubrick]

Very few trailers aren't just music videos.  And trailers are marketing.  You know that as well as anyone, what with your hatred of them and all.

that isn't true, most trailers hav sum narration and a score, quick cuts and sum cliffhanger ending that has nothing to do with the movie.

this one was slightly unconventional due to absence of cuts, two random clips played simultaneously, and one song. if i remember correctly Garden State did the same thing by butchering a Postal Service song. at least Gallo used his own to evoke a mood that might resemble the final product, i'll grant him that.

my hatred for trailers stems from ppl's reactions, evident in this thread as in any, that a stupid commercial could change ur idea of a final product. it's purely an american thing. as i've observed before, no other place cares so much about commercial advertising. admiring a trailer has nothing to do with the movie. and if ppl acknowledge that, why does everyone still care so much? it makes no sense.

teaser posters usually hav much more to do with the movie than trailers do.

[cron]

at least Gallo used his own to evoke a mood that might resemble the final product, i'll grant him that.

it isn't his , it's  Jackson C. Frank's Milk & Honey  , later to be covered by Nick Drake.

[Pubrick]

i see. then he drops down to the level of zach braff.