In the film industry, Vincent Gallo may be considered an alternative, usually self-written, directed and acted, although it is small in cost but exquisite. I have watched his "Brown Bunny". Although I can’t say it is good-looking or even some people say it is one of the most dull movies in the world, it has refreshed me. Under my subjective judgment, Vincent should be a talented genius. . Unsurprisingly, in his first movie "Buffalo 66", Vincent fully demonstrated his incomparable talent and was amazed.
Billy is a hapless guy. He was sentenced to five years for the crime of acting for others. He had nowhere to go after he was released. He simply slept in a chair outside the prison until he was awakened by urine. The fifteen minutes down here must be something you can't see in other movies. He looked around for the toilet and wanted to pee, but the toilet was either broken or rejected. There was nothing wrong with him. He tried to hide behind a car. The owner happened to come over and drove the car away, but failed. When he sees that he has to bend down, press his lower abdomen, and hobble on the street, just to solve his internal anxiety, but when he finds the toilet, but he can't get out at all, he may also want to go to the toilet and may laugh straight. Can't afford to live. Or you can't laugh, because this is the truth of life at all. The little people are always associated with embarrassment, helplessness, pain, struggle, bad luck and bad luck, which are revealed by the director incisively and vividly.
Billy is also a guy who lacks family affection. Although his relationship with his parents was not harmonious when he was a child, his father cruelly killed his puppy, and his mother missed a game with the Buffalo because of his birth. , Billy has been trying to repair the family relationship, five years in prison, deliberately deliberately concealed his parents, and promised to bring back a girlfriend. After violently recruiting a girl Layla as his girlfriend, the indifferent parents no longer even remember the son. The Buffalo’s game is much more important than their son. Instead, Layla tries to save the embarrassing situation. The cold family makes Billy was extremely disappointed.
Billy is still a guy who has no love. No girl has ever loved him. When he accidentally met his only crush in childhood in a cafe, the other party was flirting with his boyfriend openly, and he didn't remember his name anymore.
There is no family, no love. Fortunately, he still has pride. Playing bowling is his only pride and the only relaxing scene in the film. Unexpectedly, even Layla, who couldn't hold the ball, could actually hit him, completely smashing him into the abyss, crying in the bathroom alone, which also prompted him to no longer miss the world, and prepare to kill the goalkeeper who led him to jail. , And then committed suicide.
Of course, the director who was benevolent or idealistic or couldn't bear to show all the naked reality to pierce the audience's wishes finally did not let this tragedy stage, but arranged for an angel to save him, Layla. She was kidnapped by Billy, but fell in love with Billy for no reason. Billy didn't believe it. In fact, the audience would not believe it. How could Layla fall in love with him? The advantage of romantic films is that they can be ignorant of logic, and people seem to be more inclined to the result than the process.
Billy doesn’t want love. If he doesn’t have it, he doesn’t. He admits it, but he cares very much about family affection. Billy's mother loves the Buffaloes, and Billy loves his mother. So Billy also loves the Buffaloes and goes to jail for that. When he felt that all these efforts could not restore his family affection, his world collapsed. When a person feels no love, what else can he do? Either killing or suicide is the same both at home and abroad. I thought, if Brother Ma could feel surrounded by love, would the tragedy happen again? The recent incidents of cat abuse by postgraduate students in Fudan University are similar.
So when Layla made Billy feel the deep love, Billy's collapsed world was resurrected. He no longer thought that killing or suicide was the best ending. He returned to Layla who hoped that he would bring back hot chocolate. The hotel room he was in was his home. Where there is love, there is hope, maybe this is what the director wants to say.
In fact, Billy has it everywhere, but what about Layla? Can every Billy meet his own Layla? Therefore, whether family ethics or romantic love, it may be a cover. Director Vincent’s ambition in Buffalo 66 must not stop there. On a deeper level, he reveals the social reality of the tragic fate of the little man, but I just want to stop there. Stop.
Please don't miss this movie, just buy it when you see it, five stars.
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