Just a passing thought - but am I the only person who thought Buffalo 66 was great and that Gallo would go on to do other great movies? I mean, if Lyle Lovett and Tom Waits could do it, certainly a lanky ass bearded proto-hipster could. And, he even cast Mickey Rourke back when no one gave a crap about him.
Or not. I only got about 10 minutes into The Brown Bunny before someone asked me to do something and I got sidetracked, but as I recall, Chloe Sevigny gives him a hummer onscreen. And the general media was mortified. I don't know what went wrong, perhaps it was one hit wonderdom, or maybe homeboy should stick to being a rocker. I'm not sure, but I know homeboy has another good movie in him.
Buffalo 66 took a while to get started but it built to a great ending. Today's loser/slacker comedies are heavy on slapstick and breakneck pacing: Airplane! to the extreme. Perhaps another Gallo film would help us remember how great it is to have a beat in between laughs. The world isn't some witty Xkcd panel or an episode of The Office. Not everything has to be mile a minute laughs.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
that's so weird because I was just thinking this same thing the other day.
i got talked into seeing the Brown Bunny in theaters. it was... special.
I think he's acting in a movie that's out now... forget what it's called though. Never seen Brown Bunny, personally. Gallo's website used to be funny (this is me not bothering to check if it still is).
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