Hey folks, Harry here... Well Treb has seen BROWN BUNNY - the Vincent Gallo - Chloe Sevigny flick where she apparently goes down - explicitly - on Gallo in the film. So how's the film? Read and see...
Harry, Filmies,
You know, I like Vincent Gallo. I really do. I like
what he stands for or at least what I think he stands
for. HeÃs an intelligent guy. Probably too intelligent
at times that it comes across as arrogant and
self-indulgent.
Gallo was quoted to say; "You want auteurs? I'm gonna
be such a fuckin' auteur that I'm gonna make Andrej
Tarkovsky look like James Cameron." Now hot lines like
that are usually found in Shane Black scripts, so you
can only admire them.
So we have Bud Clay, played by Gallo and why not? He
did everything else. Vincent Gallo productions,
Starring, written, directed, a film by - man, the
credits made me laugh. It's the first damn thing you
see as soon as you sit down.
Bud. A t-total, pained by love and heading from New
Hampshire to CA to be there in 5 days for a motorcycle
race. He packs his bike into his van and sets off. So
what happens along the way, I hear you ask. Well,
actually not a great deal to be honest. Bugs on
windshields. Bird crap too. Dirt also. Shots of cars,
oh and trucks and there's a lovely shot of a blue
rocket. I don't know cars too well, but I know a cool
one when I see one. There's also slow shots of Gallo
putting stuff in and out of his van, closing and
opening doors. Oh, there's also Chloe Sevigny sucking
off Gallo half way through the film.
Sevigny plays Daisy, the girl that the poetic Bud has
loved and lost. She once owned a bunny. A brown one,
which really is a rabbit, but Bud refers to it as "the
bunny". The bunny is an eternal youth typa symbol and
I'm inclined to think that Bud is really "the bunny".
His teenage heart-felt ways, his brown clothing and
his liking for shagging.
Critics have panned this movie as the worst ever
competitor in a Cannes Festival. C'mon, that's harsh.
It's an observation movie. Gallo is an artist. He
notes things. Observes body language and simplistic
life actions. A studier of life. So, not a great deal
happens and there's little impact, but hey, the same
can be said for Batman and Robin right? Maybe they
shoulda got Alicia Silverstone to perform an extremely
explicit sexual act and it woulda been half decent.
The Brown Bunny is no Bufallo 66. That was cool and I
wanted this to be an advance upon that film. His
number 77 motorcycle got me thinking if his next flick
will feature a number 88. I wondered where this road
movie will lead. A dead end?
Vincent Gallo makes films. At least he's doing that. I
think.
Next we have Treb's look at what he's been hearing..
Harry, filmies,
Okay, so where have I been these past few days? To be
honest with you, I can't really say. You stroll the
Croisette all day, skipping food and drink like a
complete idiot and totally forgetting to put sun
lotion or any form of block on, cos one: You're dumb
and two: you're a dumb Brit who isn't used to sunshine
and three: You stop to chat with B Movie action stars
like Gary Daniels and Olivier Gruner who are peed off
with the market, saying; "The scripts are terrible out
there. I can only do so many films where I either play
a karate kicking cop or a kickboxer who is avenging a
brother, wife, sister, friend or master. I'm gonna
give helicopter tours in Hawaii." Said Gruner, a once
worthy replacement for a bloke called Van Damme.
Of course they're still gonna churn out the same old
stuff. It's what they do. It was easy conversation. I
said to Gary Fist Of The North Star Daniels that he
should try and do a Ray Park and score a small role in
a major flick, ala Darth Maul. He said that somebody
asked him to be Ray Park's double in a movie. Cheers,
but no thanks. He said.
I feel extremely lazy. I get on with everybody and
anywhere, yet I am a social leppa. An outcast. I love
film. Not to blow one's trumpet, but I know films and
trivia. I know pointless stuff. I collect press packs
instead of meeting producers who could probably give
me lots of cash for my screenplays and I have just
realised its nearing the end.
The marche is packing up and shipping their mediocre
DTV fayre to wherever.. HK, Taiwan, Korea, US.. Maybe
not Korea.. They've been my favorite film makers here
this year.
I was shocked to read a full apology printed in the
Trades this morning from Vincent Gallo, saying sorry
for his crappy Brown Bunny film. The worst in
competition history. You could actually see the carpet
was red due to the lack of people strolling on it.
So, tonight, i'll check out the great looking Mystic
River. Clint, you're on a winner there mate. Sean Penn
never fails to impress me and joined by Tim Robbins,
Larry Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Bacon, I can't wait
to see who turns up for this. It's tuxedo time. If
only I borrowed mine from Jackie Chan. If only my date
was Jennifer Love Hewitt. If only I had a date.
I've been hanging out with my pals Nick Moran from
Lock Stock and Mike Hurst who directed him in the so
underrated Baby Juice Express, doing extremely well in
Ausie DVD sales I hasted to add.
A journo made a slight remark to Nick about Baby Juice
and this was on his first day in arriving. One, you
don't pass a judgement in a sweeping statement the way
she did and two, especially to Nick who is one of the
most film passionate-genuine guys you could meet.
After a bunch of expletives and lines you'd expect
from Shane Black, including, "You make a f**king
film.." the dumb journo was reduced to tears.
I personally woulda bounced her off the yacht we were
on. Mike missed his ride home and crashed at mine last
night, making light of the situation when we came down
the stairs this morning, he said over loudly "I have
to pay you now.." Getting a measily five Euro from his
wallet, like I i was some male hoe or something.
What with General Zod crashing in my room the previous
night due to him being locked out, I'm fastly gaining
a reputation I'd rather not have.
Larry 'Kids' Clark is to direct "A Good Day To Die".
It's a road movie set during the end of the Vietnam
war, based on Jim Harrison's novel. It tracks a poet,
a Nam vet and his girl in a love triangle from Florida
to the Grand Canyon, carring a load of dynamite, all
set to blow up a dam in the name of protesting on war.
Back Street Boy, Nick Carter, is to star in a Sleepy
Hollow styled horrow thriller for Platform Ent.
And Paramount are remaking Three Wives, originally
made in 2001 by Marco Risi, tracking three husbands
who disappear on New Year's Eve after a bank robbery.
And lastly, Al Pacino is to star in the $30m feature
The Mechant of Venice. Cate Blanchett also stars.
I predict Nicole's Dogville will win this year, but I
also believe I'm up for Die Hard 4, so what the hell
do I know?
Treb
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