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
