A handsome, melancholy, sexy but cowardly man - Vincent Gallo

Elda 2022-12-11 00:42:09

The pace of the film is slow and a bit dull. Many people can't stand it. Compared with "The Taste of Cherry" directed by Iran, I think this film is not boring anymore. "The Taste of Cherry" is also a story of a man driving a car on the road, but this man wants to die and bury himself under a cherry tree. Different people I meet along the way, talk to them, and then drive on the road again until I meet the next person, repeating this cycle N times, the rhythm is so slow that I can't stand it, and then fast-forward to the end and stop watching.

I don't understand why this movie got bad reviews, I don't think it's so bad, and it's a treat. First of all, because of this boring man, the whole film is to watch a handsome, melancholy, sexy but cowardly man - Vincent Gallo's performance. In addition, the soundtrack of the movie is great, and the pictures flowing against the music (such as the picture of the blue and pure white saline-alkali land) allow me to feel his inner world. In addition to the song "milk and honey" that most people agree with, I also like the song "forever away", it should be the ballad of death, it is very soulful in my opinion.

Finally, I have to say that this is the last sex scene of the film. Seeing this, everything has been revealed, no one is boring anymore, huh, huh.

However, what is surprising is that it is indeed rare for a motorcycle racer to have such a repressed and cowardly character. The realism of independent films is evident, ha ha.

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The Brown Bunny quotes

  • [first lines]

    [Bud walks up to a young woman, working behind the counter in a gas station store]

    Bud Clay: Hi.

    Violet: Hello... Did you just come from the race track?

    Bud Clay: Mmhm.

    Violet: Did you win?

    Bud Clay: No.

    Violet: Oh.

    Bud Clay: How much is this?

    Violet: $2... Will you be racing again?

    Bud Clay: Going to California. I've got to be there by Friday.

    Violet: California? I always wanted to go to California.

    Bud Clay: Really?

    Violet: Yes.

    Bud Clay: It's nice there.

    Violet: Is it?

    Bud Clay: Mmhm.

    Violet: I thought it would be.

    Bud Clay: Is your name Violet?

    Violet: Yes, it is.

    Bud Clay: Who made the necklace?

    Violet: I made it.

    Bud Clay: You think you'd want to come with me?

    Violet: I don't even know you.

    Bud Clay: Please?... Please?... Please come with me.

  • [last lines]

    Bud Clay: No.