Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny have done something so profound in my life that is hard to explain. To put it simply, I just feel closer to my true self when I watch or even think of those films. Very warm, challenging, and beautiful sentiments.
Yea! Great point. It’s what Werner Herzog calls the “sleeping brother” within us. Gallo most definitely works from that high place where depths like that are reached for.
Buffalo '66 is better every time you see it. There's so much right with it that what's wrong with it is easily overlooked... and I can never put my finger on what's wrong, nor do I want to.
For me, what felt wrong was the false hopes that it could potentially give people that their mental health can be cured by attractive, patient, unconditional people. Don't get me wrong, I love the film and it kept me entertained from start to finish, but the film should stay as that. Entertainment.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Of course not, you missed the point. The mentally ill should seek out professional help from psychologists and therapists, not normal people who aren't capable of curing anyone's depression. Billy didn't have any emotional support in his life until after he met Leyla. What makes me uncomfortable was the film trying to convey to people that a submissive, patient lover will withstand your abuse because they're in "love" with you. I understand Billy's temperament because of his anger and ache, what I don't understand is that the director decided to make Leyla fall in love with someone who has been treating her like trash throughout the entire film. It just screams Stockholm syndrome to me and I'm not sure if that's a healthy message to end the film by. Beyond the credits, how do we know for sure that Billy's childhood abuse complexities won't show up as violent outbursts against Leyla as we have observed in the film won't reoccur again? Will Leyla ever get cured from Stockholm syndrome and fall in love for who Billy really is? Or will she fall out of love? And most importantly, are people asking these questions, or do they genuinely believe that the film ended in a positive note?
He was a big time artist and hung out with the big names in 70s, 80s New York and in that world, the real world of high art/low art, he blazed his own trail. Lot of hustling and hard work. He knows what he's talking about. And that's - entertainment.
It's bot not a track suit, it's a motorcycle costume, Cru Jones once said Hell track was sometimes but never always a professional motorcycle rider's first gf.
Gallo is a true visionary. He really cares about art and aesthetics. His intelligence radiates in this clip. He can quickly sees off the flippant comments with a distinct point of view. Ultimately, he was right about the status of the film which still grows to this day. This clip was from the 90s but it is almost omniscient in predicting the future of cinema, where the privileging of ideology over aesthetics rules and criticism/journalism is reduced to rubble. As an aside, his ability to argue without being rude should be celebrated and overall I think he charms the panel. Something quite humorous about his USA tracksuit as well. With Vincent, everything is calculated.
Still to this day, even more so than at the time of this filming, movies are applauded as masterpieces simply based off the ideology they promulgate. Gay character? Trans coming of age story? Oh its BRILLIANT they say.
As a film dude who fondly remembers Bufallo 66 as one of my formative indie film watching experiences, my perspective of the movie shifted quite a bit between the ages of 20 and 30. It still stands as artistically honest and entertaining story. But the entire romance is fantasy wish fulfillment for lonely young dudes in search of love and companionship without the self reflection and sacrifice that it entails. That probably was Vincent's honest perspective at the time that he wrote the film. His response to the female critic raising flags with that storyline feels like textbook projection really. The hero of the story does very little to earn the love of his captive. Things can play out that way in real life, but they're usually rooted in Stockholm syndrome or some sort of situation where the captive is reliving past trauma and therefore going along with it. The fantasy is that he's quirky, charming, honest and rebellious enough to be loved in spite of his criminal abduction. And he's got every right to tell that story, but it's a very ego soothing male fantasy. If the story had delved more into her perspective and demonstrated some sort of prosperous story arc for Christina Ricci's character, then I think the criticism would have less merit. I do wish Gallo would make more films, but ultimately I think he's just too sensitive to the critics and social media chatter to endure this process any further. A filmmaker who is secure in their art really wouldn't give these people the time of day, let alone feel the need to explain their work like this.
Agreed, the dude is a dickhead with practically no redeeming or positive qualities, and it’s all “I love you Billy, you’re the sweetest, most handsome guy in the world.” Complete and total fantasy.
I agree with much of this, and there is definitely some ideal fantasizing going on, but I think it’s more realistic than given credit for, especially considering this is a film. I would add I always viewed the relationship in a different way. If you removed realism from the equation, which I think there’s many things in the film that nudge you in this direction, you can view Ricci’s character as more of a symbol within this story about a strange human psyche. There’s another aspect to this, which is more sexual. I’ve watched this film with women who actually loved it and found the “love story” more believable than I did surprisingly. The truth is, Billy overpowers this young woman and kidnaps her, but quickly reveals himself to not be a threat, just a troubled guy. For a certain type of woman, this is not only very attractive but a fantasy. While most girls would not respond the way Lila (?) did, the idea that there isn’t someone who would actually be into him isn’t accurate either.
I really liked your comment. But... what's wrong with such a 'fantasy'? The form of the film would have changed significantly if we had given Christina Ricci’s character an additional arc, and it would have resembled a more trivial love story. Instead, we have a film focused on the male character, who may not deserve such love, but isn't 'bad' enough to be denied it. Christina, in this story, plays the role of a tool; she is a secondary character, emotionally detached despite the abduction, and she is ready to meet his family. All of this adds a surreal touch to the situation, thus supporting the narrative style that Gallo intended. Christina here symbolizes love, something that the young man seems to encounter for the first time. In today’s world, people often believe that everyone should be pleased. However, sometimes the story just wants to be told this way, not otherwise.
@ thanks for your perspective. I don't think it's entirely unrealistic as a premise. Way crazier stuff happens in movies. Some women enjoy it as a fantasy just as a lot of men do. But to me, it is still more in the realm of a wish fulfillment fantasy vs something that's grounded in real world love and the complexity that it entails. I like the movie, and I'm not really on the train of tearing things down based on modern understandings and norms. But I think the critic had a good point and he was not engaging honestly on the subject, but just trying to dismiss her as being not emotionally stable enough to understand him, or question him.
@ I think fantasy stories are what films are made for. It's fine to make a film that's a fantasy. But it's also okay for a critic to identify something as unrealistic or just one sided towards the hero's point of view and wishes (as fantasies are). Because a lot of younger impressionable people might watch and not take it as fantasy, and now they're not interpreting it correctly, or maybe thinking this is how the world works. Maybe the critic didn't feel that Gallo was honestly portraying the story as a fantasy, and just personally took issue with that approach. I still think if you're going to take the time to go sit and debate critics on their turf, and they're going to let you speak until you've said your piece, than you should be equally gracious and not completely try to shut someone down with personal attacks. But as an artist, I know how frustrating it can be to feel that you're misunderstood or that people are being mean spirited (right or wrong) so I get where he's coming from to some degree. Also, thanks for your compliment.
Saw Buffalo 66 for the first time last year and I found it gripping, Gallo was right. Im taking it with me. Buffalo 66 is definitely art in every way I have come to understand the term.
i thnik he understood what this industry is about, i think is better run away from it then run torward to it. the industy is riggd and destroy peoples live. probally he saw that.
How's it ahead of time? Hollywood was always red video by Razorfist explains the tribe and their commie movies since the start. And this sicko had a filthy scene that is practically porn in his movie that he scammed his ex into making.
My dad showed me this movie as I was going through a breakup. I couldn’t sleep one night and went to the living room. He suggested we watch this movie. Hits different at 3:00 am when you’re going through a breakup. My favorite movie of all time
Whatever you believe or perceive as art obviously isn't worth mentioning in your cute remark comment... Teach me the fine arts of your self proclaimed art... A critic with nothing to further make your little lame comment on TH-cam.... Comical TH-camr , butt hurt... Tell us how to be great like you...or in your mind. Gtfoh
words of a capitalist “critic” undoubtedly catering more to the masses, despite attempting to present as some intellectual. so frivolous. the term critic is used much too loosely.
If this was done today the critics would’ve cut him off several times and it wouldn’t have been a conversation. I like how they let him talk and critique them.
Hes just his own person he doesn't submit to the mold of Hollywood. He's just Vincent Gallo and doesn't break his balls for anyone and I can respect that 💯
He's warmed up to the French now, I think. The reason why he's picking on them is because he got disinvited to Cannes. Anjelica Huston, who was in the movie, told Gilles Jacob to pull the film because Gallo insulted her. Later he had a problem with a French distributor who first said one thing then did another.
My suspicion of film critics has less to do with left-wing politics for I'm left-wing myself but I feel the elitism, snobbery, and sense of "ohhhh, it's arthouse or it's Oscar bait therefore I must like it" I find grating and annoying.
I’m left wing as well (not much into identity politics though) but the left is pretty much elitist by nature and that’s the part about it that I don’t like.
dumb title. no one was "destroyed". They had a conversation; tho tense at times. This is what it looks like to be an adult. It's actually a great example of what *not* "destroying" anyone looks like
@@shadowaccount he didn't destroy her. He basically did an ad hominem attack, saying she had psychological hang ups, rather than explaining where she was wrong. Even if he had been completely correct, winning one point in a debate is not destroying someone.
@@b1nary_f1nary dictionary defintion of destory: To put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. "the room had been destroyed by fire" Similar: ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually. "he has been determined to destroy her" defeat (someone) utterly. I don't think the critic gave up their profession, lost her confidence, job or career status after this interview. I think the term destroy is rarely appropriate in these situations, often misused as youtube click bait. But if winning one debate point is your minimal standard, he still didn't decisively outwit her here. By high level debate competition rules, if you employ logical fallacies, you usually aren't considered to have won in a debate. Doing a personal attack vs attacking the facts of the argument is considered an Ad Hominem attack, which is not a valid argument. For him to win this particular point, he should have made a factual argument for why the critic was off base, citing events from the film, and explaining the psychology of the female character and male lead. Instead he resorts to accusing the critic of having her own psychological issues without explaining in any way how she is incorrect. For more info on logical fallacies read here: www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/logicalfallacies.pdf
@@b1nary_f1nary Definition of Destroy - to put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. "the room had been destroyed by fire" Similar: ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually. "he has been determined to destroy her" defeat (someone) utterly. I don't see any of that going on here. She didn't breakdown into tears or start stumbling over her words trying to save face. She didn't retire or lose her career status. At worst she had one talking point debunked, but I don't even see that happening here. Gallo doesn't analyze her argument and counter it with any examples from the movie to counteract her. He doesn't mention any backstory dialogue, action, or even unspoken emotions from the female lead character or his own, that would negate that specific critique of the film. If you simply say, "well that person has some sort of psychological hang ups or mental deficiencies that make them interpret the film incorrectly", without laying out a real case for the filmmakers own position, then they are engaging in a logical fallacy called an ad hominem, where you attack the person and don't attack their logical points. In academic and professional debate circles, these arguments are considered invalid. To win a debate you have to honestly attack the facts at hand and make a logical counterargument. For more info on logical fallacies you can read here: www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/logicalfallacies.pdf
I tell people, "What is this? A shifter car? I only drive luxury cars, cars that shift themselves," every chance I get, and to this day, no one has called me out for the reference.
Buffalo 66 had the biggest impact on me as a 23 year old boy. It still chimes around my head today as a 40 year old man. Looking at these critic arseholes it appears the left wing dogma has been promulgated long before my time and it’s even worse in 2020. God bless you Vincent.
you americans should stop calling your identity peddling liberals left wing. FYI, left canNOT be liberals. Liberal is something strictly Right wing. Left is not about identities. It is about economy and classes that are formed on the basis of ownership of means of production. The only classes that the left recognizes are: the proletariat/laborers or farmers. the bourgeoisie(in conflict with the bourgeoisie), the aristocrats(replaced by the bourgeoisie) Classless society and equal opportunity is when everyone can have the same access to nature and nurture. So arguments are established around how to achieve that. It has no argument about identity politics. I don't know why the US citizens are so hellbent on misusing the word. Make no mistake: No one except maybe Bernie Sanders in your parliament is a leftie.
You walk into a room, bottle of whiskey in hand, to meet Vincent Gallio, and you think to yourself, this is either going to be one of the best days of my life or one of the worst, and you white claw that life jacket.
Noooooo, he was ostracized by Hollywood for putting in a contrived blowjob scene (of which he was the recipient) in a very bad, equally contrived movie
Ok, here's my 2024 review.. All the main characters in this film are caricatures and cliches with the exception of Layla, possibly because she is played brilliantly by Christina Ricci, who is given almost nothing to do (other than react to Gallo's characters neurosis) but is still a completely mesmerising presence. If she was supposed to be an angel then she did her job exceptionally. With a less skilled actress this film would be very different. The impression I now get of this project is that the characters are all seemingly there to support the protagonists expression of pain and self loathing and therefore to support Gallo as the 'star' of the show. It's ironic considering how he says he hates all that "hollywood leading man, indulgent, power and control shit" and could presumably spout on about it for days while questioning my sexuality and political allegiances. We're left with no real depth for the viewer though, other than the basic human emotions of being able to relate to rejection, humiliation and needing to pee... really bad. It's a movie about a guy brought up by shitty parents in a shithole town who is overly sensitive, neurotic, self obsessed, sexually repressed, painfully conservative and who controls a young woman until she implausibly falls in love with him. I don't think you need Freud to do the analysis on that one. Yeah, Gallo is good in it, he's dressed like a 90's Vogue heroin-chic model, the cast is interesting, the music is good in places, it's artistic in its choices with the cinematography while remaining a bit raw and 'cool' (his word not mine), it has a great look, has some funny moments and when I was 18 I thought it was one of the best films ever. 25 years later and it strikes me as a solid independent film with a few very beautiful moments but it unfortunately has an incredibly immature premise that could have only been written by a ego-maniacal man who both loves and hates himself a little bit too much. He completely missed the opportunity to write one of the great moments of dark humour and be a genuine rebel though. His character is reborn with love at the end of the film and when I see him run across that highway smiling.. I'm genuinely willing for him to be flattened by a truck. She is then left waiting in the motel room with no hot chocolate and they both have a tragic ending.. instead we get a sentimental ending which was ironically the most commercial choice he could have made. Come at me, Vincent (you vain prick) 😉😘 Love you x
One of THE best discussions and debates ive seen with no-one looking to steal the win. Just "i disagree with you" and "thats fine, let me explain why i think that is incorrect without shock and screaming". No comment was made here hoping to " go viral". Oh i wish i coukd go back to the 80s/90s for a holiday
While this post introduced me to Vincent Gallo as a director, I'm pretty sure this is a AI post. It's interesting how Gallo doesn't destroy critics, but the description only says "Vincent Gallo rips bad critics to their faces "I hate when I can feel Leftwing politics in movie critics" Which is the one moment of the video that does really well in todays culture for audience response.
from the very beginning of 66 u can tell that his character is emotionally wounded. He can’t even pee like a grown up. Just having to use the bathroom was a big deal. This was a great movie.
Because that is the case most the time. The masses are severely unintelligent. Mainstream crap culture only confirms this and always has. The most brilliant undeniable art is shunned by critics while in the same conversation they will praise some barely mediocre hack crap like a super Hero film or a concept that been vomited up a thousand times already.
…… then you give them examples of why they would feel the way they feel and articulate what they might have missed and realigned their thinking. Then went on to win them over in 9 minutes. You forgot that part so here you go.
I remember watching this when it was broadcast. He makes some salient points, particularly the observations about left wing politics. And all were calm and civilised, which was refreshing.
@@skywalkn297this movie came out in 98 . Ur right its used too much today . My guess is if you’re insinuating he’s not a genius than you have a long way to go
"By the way, did you ever notice the smell of redheads? I think that's why a lot of redhead girls have Black boyfriends. They smell compatible." from Vincent Gallo's Musical History
I interviewed him for print in 2011, and he was fucking great. Generous, good natured, and brilliant fun-unlike critics, who are, with very few exceptions, wankers.
@wesleyjohndelaney106 Nope. Brits haven't laughed at Irish for a few decades, and tend not to laugh at other nations or cultures either for the most part these days. They laughed not because it was at the expense of the French, but at the surprise of Gallo's unexpected and unwarranted sharing of a preference not to learn the language.
Kudos to the critics for letting him speak his mind without rudely interrupting. Different times. Today it would just be such a disgrace to watch a discussion like that.
@@alexbarnet6982 Did he not straight up kidnap her in broad daylight (same day he got out of prison)? She slowly goes from a threatened and frightened victim to actually getting to like him.
@@XanderShiller yeah but she had 100s of opportunities to leave but doesn't. Cause she ends up liking him. She wasn't really ever scared of him just kinda went with it.
500 years from now renting a tape = gallo's understanding of 'medium' -- how important is medium to your structural/functional understanding of a) how films are made b) how films are seen c) how films are instituted/criticized?
Vincent dressed half way between a Sailor and a Gopnik.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I actually know what a “gopnik” is
@@InterviewInterrogations fuck, I had had a bet on that you didn't know, guess I'm down 50Gs
Great comment. If you look up Gopnik on Wikipedia there is a picture of a Vincent Gallo lite young man.
'halfway'
“Destroys” = speaks calmly and coherently, defends his art.
they're not mutually exclusive...
I would describe it as he "coldly destroys" his critics
DECIMATED!!!
Over exaggerated click bait title works unfortunately
"Destroys" doesn't necessarily mean raising your voice
Buffalo 66 Is one of the best film i've ever seen
Tetro is really good too.
#metoo!
For sure
@L. Wyse108 lmfao. Are you one of those critics? Wanna praise some mainstream movies here? Ridiculous.
I love it, but it the ultimate art piece/film made about my growing up life.
Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny have done something so profound in my life that is hard to explain. To put it simply, I just feel closer to my true self when I watch or even think of those films. Very warm, challenging, and beautiful sentiments.
100%
Do you also like to be verbally abusive to teenagers?
Bro what did you get from brown bunny like what did you even see ?
@@yasin_ucarI saw myself.
Yea! Great point.
It’s what Werner Herzog calls the “sleeping brother” within us.
Gallo most definitely works from that high place where depths like that are reached for.
No wonder he's hated by critics. He speaks the truth. And very articulately so.
Brown Bunny did suck though
@@antonimartinez9961 that movie sucked dick huh?
@@ny4978 Yes
@@antonimartinez9961 ok
What did he articulate? Really like what did I miss lol I watched the entire interview, what was something interesting he said? Hint at it
Buffalo '66 is better every time you see it. There's so much right with it that what's wrong with it is easily overlooked... and I can never put my finger on what's wrong, nor do I want to.
Do you know any movies similar ?
@@ShotsMerkzAll The Lighthouse with Willem Dafoe and Pecker by John Waters
For me, what felt wrong was the false hopes that it could potentially give people that their mental health can be cured by attractive, patient, unconditional people. Don't get me wrong, I love the film and it kept me entertained from start to finish, but the film should stay as that. Entertainment.
@@nnywasneverhere Hopeless people should kill themselves?
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Of course not, you missed the point.
The mentally ill should seek out professional help from psychologists and therapists, not normal people who aren't capable of curing anyone's depression. Billy didn't have any emotional support in his life until after he met Leyla.
What makes me uncomfortable was the film trying to convey to people that a submissive, patient lover will withstand your abuse because they're in "love" with you. I understand Billy's temperament because of his anger and ache, what I don't understand is that the director decided to make Leyla fall in love with someone who has been treating her like trash throughout the entire film. It just screams Stockholm syndrome to me and I'm not sure if that's a healthy message to end the film by. Beyond the credits, how do we know for sure that Billy's childhood abuse complexities won't show up as violent outbursts against Leyla as we have observed in the film won't reoccur again? Will Leyla ever get cured from Stockholm syndrome and fall in love for who Billy really is? Or will she fall out of love? And most importantly, are people asking these questions, or do they genuinely believe that the film ended in a positive note?
He was a big time artist and hung out with the big names in 70s, 80s New York and in that world, the real world of high art/low art, he blazed his own trail. Lot of hustling and hard work. He knows what he's talking about. And that's - entertainment.
Well said 👏🏽
@@darlamae9876 I thank you🥞🥞🥞🥞with pancakes
He'd have been one of Warhol's pets
MODERN ART IS INTEL
CIA MONEY LAUNDERING
THE BIG NAMES WERE TOOLS OF THE MAN/the State.
In the 70s? How old is that guy?
An actual conversation slipped out on tv, good for him
Amazing to see 4 people in a room and not screaming at each other in unison
It was 27 years ago so it's not as crazy as it'd be today
you had me at the usa track suit
😂😂😂 so true
It's bot not a track suit, it's a motorcycle costume, Cru Jones once said Hell track was sometimes but never always a professional motorcycle rider's first gf.
Thought he was a Harlem Globetrotter for a minute
Seems like he won them over at the end. They may still not have cared for his movie, but they came to respect Vincent.
Omg. I'm that freaky kid he mentions, searching Buffalo 66 in 2021. (not 60 years later, but 23 😅)
U find it? Wanna stream it and of course the gray hole of badness and boringness (Netflix) doens´t have it..
@@XXWien1000 download Tubi app. The app is free , the movie is on there for free :)
I just found it on amazon if you somehow see this two years later! LOL It actually made me come learn more about the director.
@@XXWien1000 well two years later but its on amazon right now, at least it is in the North American servers.
dude just pirate it
You can never takeaway the impact and Buffalo 66 yo that Gallo guy is cool and I’ve watched it many of times. Cult classic.
What impact?? I don't see any impact it's had on anything.
Gallo is a true visionary. He really cares about art and aesthetics. His intelligence radiates in this clip. He can quickly sees off the flippant comments with a distinct point of view. Ultimately, he was right about the status of the film which still grows to this day. This clip was from the 90s but it is almost omniscient in predicting the future of cinema, where the privileging of ideology over aesthetics rules and criticism/journalism is reduced to rubble. As an aside, his ability to argue without being rude should be celebrated and overall I think he charms the panel. Something quite humorous about his USA tracksuit as well. With Vincent, everything is calculated.
Still to this day, even more so than at the time of this filming, movies are applauded as masterpieces simply based off the ideology they promulgate.
Gay character? Trans coming of age story? Oh its BRILLIANT they say.
@David Bell LOLL he's a Trump supporter. His career is dead as a result. Actors/directors should keep their politics PRIVATE.
@@CoopyKat can't engage with a grown man who uses loll(sic)
@@JacaboBlanco These days I avoid any LGBT or forced diversity movies like a plague. Why? Because it's fake and not sincere.
@@JacaboBlancoYeah, the Oscars are just wall-to-wall trans coming of age flicks every year. Get real, man.
gallo is very articulate
Genius
Run on sentences are a form of articulation.
He articulately talks shite though
@@JoeMullanMusiche's just a short little edgelord pseudointellectual.
As well as pretentious and sleazy.
He was so incredibly ahead of his time, if he was saying all of this back then, I can only imagine what he thinks now.
just look at his website he's aged like fine milk
@@willraven2302 u wouldn't get it
@@nahualli5003 how so?
@Will Raven2 It’s a troll dummy
@@_chyku well he's seems to be going a bit hard on it for it to be a tolling.
This is a good movie. It was threatening, sad, romantic...I quite enjoy this movie.
One of the best I saw honestly.
buffalo 66 is so raw & cutting edge. the love story continues to blow me away every time i see it. possibly my all time favorite.
‘Leaders are people who take you where you don’t want to go.’ 😊
Based and Gallopilled.
I thought you meant Gallipoli-d at first hahhah. Great film
As a film dude who fondly remembers Bufallo 66 as one of my formative indie film watching experiences, my perspective of the movie shifted quite a bit between the ages of 20 and 30. It still stands as artistically honest and entertaining story. But the entire romance is fantasy wish fulfillment for lonely young dudes in search of love and companionship without the self reflection and sacrifice that it entails. That probably was Vincent's honest perspective at the time that he wrote the film. His response to the female critic raising flags with that storyline feels like textbook projection really. The hero of the story does very little to earn the love of his captive. Things can play out that way in real life, but they're usually rooted in Stockholm syndrome or some sort of situation where the captive is reliving past trauma and therefore going along with it. The fantasy is that he's quirky, charming, honest and rebellious enough to be loved in spite of his criminal abduction. And he's got every right to tell that story, but it's a very ego soothing male fantasy. If the story had delved more into her perspective and demonstrated some sort of prosperous story arc for Christina Ricci's character, then I think the criticism would have less merit. I do wish Gallo would make more films, but ultimately I think he's just too sensitive to the critics and social media chatter to endure this process any further. A filmmaker who is secure in their art really wouldn't give these people the time of day, let alone feel the need to explain their work like this.
Agreed, the dude is a dickhead with practically no redeeming or positive qualities, and it’s all “I love you Billy, you’re the sweetest, most handsome guy in the world.” Complete and total fantasy.
I agree with much of this, and there is definitely some ideal fantasizing going on, but I think it’s more realistic than given credit for, especially considering this is a film.
I would add I always viewed the relationship in a different way. If you removed realism from the equation, which I think there’s many things in the film that nudge you in this direction, you can view Ricci’s character as more of a symbol within this story about a strange human psyche.
There’s another aspect to this, which is more sexual. I’ve watched this film with women who actually loved it and found the “love story” more believable than I did surprisingly. The truth is, Billy overpowers this young woman and kidnaps her, but quickly reveals himself to not be a threat, just a troubled guy. For a certain type of woman, this is not only very attractive but a fantasy. While most girls would not respond the way Lila (?) did, the idea that there isn’t someone who would actually be into him isn’t accurate either.
I really liked your comment. But... what's wrong with such a 'fantasy'?
The form of the film would have changed significantly if we had given Christina Ricci’s character an additional arc, and it would have resembled a more trivial love story. Instead, we have a film focused on the male character, who may not deserve such love, but isn't 'bad' enough to be denied it. Christina, in this story, plays the role of a tool; she is a secondary character, emotionally detached despite the abduction, and she is ready to meet his family. All of this adds a surreal touch to the situation, thus supporting the narrative style that Gallo intended. Christina here symbolizes love, something that the young man seems to encounter for the first time.
In today’s world, people often believe that everyone should be pleased. However, sometimes the story just wants to be told this way, not otherwise.
@ thanks for your perspective. I don't think it's entirely unrealistic as a premise. Way crazier stuff happens in movies. Some women enjoy it as a fantasy just as a lot of men do. But to me, it is still more in the realm of a wish fulfillment fantasy vs something that's grounded in real world love and the complexity that it entails. I like the movie, and I'm not really on the train of tearing things down based on modern understandings and norms. But I think the critic had a good point and he was not engaging honestly on the subject, but just trying to dismiss her as being not emotionally stable enough to understand him, or question him.
@ I think fantasy stories are what films are made for. It's fine to make a film that's a fantasy. But it's also okay for a critic to identify something as unrealistic or just one sided towards the hero's point of view and wishes (as fantasies are). Because a lot of younger impressionable people might watch and not take it as fantasy, and now they're not interpreting it correctly, or maybe thinking this is how the world works.
Maybe the critic didn't feel that Gallo was honestly portraying the story as a fantasy, and just personally took issue with that approach. I still think if you're going to take the time to go sit and debate critics on their turf, and they're going to let you speak until you've said your piece, than you should be equally gracious and not completely try to shut someone down with personal attacks. But as an artist, I know how frustrating it can be to feel that you're misunderstood or that people are being mean spirited (right or wrong) so I get where he's coming from to some degree.
Also, thanks for your compliment.
Give me more Vincent Gallo. The guy is so based.
Please make another film, the world needs you, even if they don’t realize it.
I love u
Using based as slang term is for goons.
@kenbogus136 l literally was just saying that in my head right before l saw your comment lol
@@larrydanadavid2435cringe comment
Saw Buffalo 66 for the first time last year and I found it gripping, Gallo was right. Im taking it with me. Buffalo 66 is definitely art in every way I have come to understand the term.
Galllo needs a comeback. He's been in the shadows way too long and we need a genius troll of his calibre back in the culture
Dead on
He sells his sperm online now
But hum… maybe its pointless today. Maybe he has got better things to do than « art » today, or anything « cultural ».
i thnik he understood what this industry is about, i think is better run away from it then run torward to it. the industy is riggd and destroy peoples live.
probally he saw that.
Vincent Gallo hates the word "comeback" (probably)
His comment regarding films being praised only because of left wing politics is so on point and ahead of time. He’s not wrong
How's it ahead of time? Hollywood was always red video by Razorfist explains the tribe and their commie movies since the start. And this sicko had a filthy scene that is practically porn in his movie that he scammed his ex into making.
Idiotic
What a deep profound comment. Really.
For sure i just thought the exact thing
We need more people in Hollywood like Vincent Gallo.
He is retiring in a new movie called Shut In which looks real good
So a smug, egotistical and deeply abrasive prick?
We don't need Hollywood, though.
Why?
i dont think you listened or understood the point of what he was saying or maybe im not understanding what you mean
My dad showed me this movie as I was going through a breakup. I couldn’t sleep one night and went to the living room. He suggested we watch this movie. Hits different at 3:00 am when you’re going through a breakup. My favorite movie of all time
He's 100% right. I am also from the city of Buffalo and was born on the same day as him, April 11.
My daughter was born on 4/11. Very opinionated, self assured and extroverted.
Fellow Buffalonian here :)
Id like to congratulate ya mum for having the foresight to accomplish this endeavor
the balls on this guy
Right? Massive & Lively.
Shaft too! 7-7.5”
@@DG-nb6fe😂 Chloe Sevigny sure knows!
@@revwillyg6450 not funny. You basic
@@DG-nb6feDude, did you actually measure his schlong? Freak 😂😂😂
The tops... Gallo ...people not ready to understand genious guy like this one
Met him at 18 when I moved to NYC and he was sincerely wonderful company! Thanks for all the inspiration
Film critic “film is not art”
Whatever you believe or perceive as art obviously isn't worth mentioning in your cute remark comment... Teach me the fine arts of your self proclaimed art... A critic with nothing to further make your little lame comment on TH-cam.... Comical TH-camr , butt hurt... Tell us how to be great like you...or in your mind. Gtfoh
words of a capitalist “critic” undoubtedly catering more to the masses, despite attempting to present as some intellectual. so frivolous. the term critic is used much too loosely.
If this was done today the critics would’ve cut him off several times and it wouldn’t have been a conversation. I like how they let him talk and critique them.
I was surprised that they sat there and let him speak. Times have changed.
People cut people off in 2003. It was the age of crossfire. It's not the era, just the people
@@michael_c2they're British
@@michael_c2 good insight
His observation on the scene in Ozu is very interesting, and says something about the power of cinema.
Gallo is a true genius. That is why he is not a household name.
Hes just his own person he doesn't submit to the mold of Hollywood. He's just Vincent Gallo and doesn't break his balls for anyone and I can respect that 💯
“…they were all in Japanese language which I don’t speak, subtitled in French which I never wanna speak”
Gold.
I find it odd, not to want to speak another language.
@@Gourgandisewho would want to speak french? i don’t blame him
@@mymunchness yeah, French is the one of the worst sounding languages
He's warmed up to the French now, I think. The reason why he's picking on them is because he got disinvited to Cannes. Anjelica Huston, who was in the movie, told Gilles Jacob to pull the film because Gallo insulted her. Later he had a problem with a French distributor who first said one thing then did another.
@mymunchness
Lame and lazy stance.
Wow, didn't know he was such a thoughtful, intelligent, well-spoken and articulate man.
My suspicion of film critics has less to do with left-wing politics for I'm left-wing myself but I feel the elitism, snobbery, and sense of "ohhhh, it's arthouse or it's Oscar bait therefore I must like it" I find grating and annoying.
I have found at times in my life that the walls I've built not only keep others out but lock me in. I need Buffalo 66 occasionally understand myself.
I’m left wing as well (not much into identity politics though) but the left is pretty much elitist by nature and that’s the part about it that I don’t like.
Christina Ricci tap dancing to King Crimson. These moments resonate.
5:41 "Our field of specialty is film not art."
Thank you and goodnight.
The fuck does a fictional god have to do with movies
dumb title. no one was "destroyed". They had a conversation; tho tense at times. This is what it looks like to be an adult. It's actually a great example of what *not* "destroying" anyone looks like
He did destroy the lady at the beginning just in a subtle way
@@shadowaccount he didn't destroy her. He basically did an ad hominem attack, saying she had psychological hang ups, rather than explaining where she was wrong. Even if he had been completely correct, winning one point in a debate is not destroying someone.
@@kbamtv3967 What would him destroying her have looked like then? I'm interested to know your view of that
@@b1nary_f1nary dictionary defintion of destory: To put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
"the room had been destroyed by fire"
Similar:
ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually.
"he has been determined to destroy her"
defeat (someone) utterly.
I don't think the critic gave up their profession, lost her confidence, job or career status after this interview.
I think the term destroy is rarely appropriate in these situations, often misused as youtube click bait.
But if winning one debate point is your minimal standard, he still didn't decisively outwit her here. By high level debate competition rules, if you employ logical fallacies, you usually aren't considered to have won in a debate. Doing a personal attack vs attacking the facts of the argument is considered an Ad Hominem attack, which is not a valid argument.
For him to win this particular point, he should have made a factual argument for why the critic was off base, citing events from the film, and explaining the psychology of the female character and male lead.
Instead he resorts to accusing the critic of having her own psychological issues without explaining in any way how she is incorrect.
For more info on logical fallacies read here:
www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/logicalfallacies.pdf
@@b1nary_f1nary Definition of Destroy - to put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
"the room had been destroyed by fire"
Similar:
ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually.
"he has been determined to destroy her"
defeat (someone) utterly.
I don't see any of that going on here. She didn't breakdown into tears or start stumbling over her words trying to save face. She didn't retire or lose her career status. At worst she had one talking point debunked, but I don't even see that happening here.
Gallo doesn't analyze her argument and counter it with any examples from the movie to counteract her. He doesn't mention any backstory dialogue, action, or even unspoken emotions from the female lead character or his own, that would negate that specific critique of the film. If you simply say, "well that person has some sort of psychological hang ups or mental deficiencies that make them interpret the film incorrectly", without laying out a real case for the filmmakers own position, then they are engaging in a logical fallacy called an ad hominem, where you attack the person and don't attack their logical points. In academic and professional debate circles, these arguments are considered invalid. To win a debate you have to honestly attack the facts at hand and make a logical counterargument.
For more info on logical fallacies you can read here: www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/logicalfallacies.pdf
He's spanning time
😂😂😂
He sounds and acts/kind of has the same mannerisms as Tarantino
I agree. The voice even sounds the same.
@@lolac1575 wtf are you on about?
Tarantino is much more manic
Don't tell Gallo that. He fucking hates Tarantino. The man and the filmmaker.
Lol Vincent Gallo might call you out for the fair one for talking like that
"There's independent cinema, which I don't believe in, because there are good movies and bad movies"
Dad?
I tell people, "What is this? A shifter car? I only drive luxury cars, cars that shift themselves," every chance I get, and to this day, no one has called me out for the reference.
I remember I had the bootleg VHS copy of this interview when I was a kid. I used to do acid and watch it on repeat.
"i can sense left wing I'm offended" lol😂😂 wow this been happening forever
def what i noticed. you would think time would change these ideologies but it seems like its just a different brand of the same shit
Right wingers are far more easily offended.
Buffalo 66 had the biggest impact on me as a 23 year old boy. It still chimes around my head today as a 40 year old man. Looking at these critic arseholes it appears the left wing dogma has been promulgated long before my time and it’s even worse in 2020. God bless you Vincent.
Left-wing dogma in 2020 is on a retarded level. It makes movies unwatchable. It's like they focus only on pleasing lgbt and blm.
you americans should stop calling your identity peddling liberals left wing.
FYI, left canNOT be liberals. Liberal is something strictly Right wing.
Left is not about identities. It is about economy and classes that are formed on the basis of ownership of means of production.
The only classes that the left recognizes are:
the proletariat/laborers or farmers.
the bourgeoisie(in conflict with the bourgeoisie),
the aristocrats(replaced by the bourgeoisie)
Classless society and equal opportunity is when everyone can have the same access to nature and nurture.
So arguments are established around how to achieve that.
It has no argument about identity politics.
I don't know why the US citizens are so hellbent on misusing the word.
Make no mistake: No one except maybe Bernie Sanders in your parliament is a leftie.
Every time I use the bathroom at the bar I say "get your face out of my pants"
@Korkunç TheTerrible AOC is the last bastion of right-wing America.
@@korkunctheterrible4302 Math 👀
You walk into a room, bottle of whiskey in hand, to meet Vincent Gallio, and you think to yourself, this is either going to be one of the best days of my life or one of the worst, and you white claw that life jacket.
Vincent was ostracized by Hollywood for being real
Noooooo, he was ostracized by Hollywood for putting in a contrived blowjob scene (of which he was the recipient) in a very bad, equally contrived movie
2023 word is cancelled
He is the opposite of Hollywood.
You mean for not being good. He had more confidence in his work than the audience.
@@anferneecephas7161it's hard to make it long term with no backing
Ok, here's my 2024 review..
All the main characters in this film are caricatures and cliches with the exception of Layla, possibly because she is played brilliantly by Christina Ricci, who is given almost nothing to do (other than react to Gallo's characters neurosis) but is still a completely mesmerising presence. If she was supposed to be an angel then she did her job exceptionally. With a less skilled actress this film would be very different.
The impression I now get of this project is that the characters are all seemingly there to support the protagonists expression of pain and self loathing and therefore to support Gallo as the 'star' of the show. It's ironic considering how he says he hates all that "hollywood leading man, indulgent, power and control shit" and could presumably spout on about it for days while questioning my sexuality and political allegiances. We're left with no real depth for the viewer though, other than the basic human emotions of being able to relate to rejection, humiliation and needing to pee... really bad.
It's a movie about a guy brought up by shitty parents in a shithole town who is overly sensitive, neurotic, self obsessed, sexually repressed, painfully conservative and who controls a young woman until she implausibly falls in love with him. I don't think you need Freud to do the analysis on that one.
Yeah, Gallo is good in it, he's dressed like a 90's Vogue heroin-chic model, the cast is interesting, the music is good in places, it's artistic in its choices with the cinematography while remaining a bit raw and 'cool' (his word not mine), it has a great look, has some funny moments and when I was 18 I thought it was one of the best films ever.
25 years later and it strikes me as a solid independent film with a few very beautiful moments but it unfortunately has an incredibly immature premise that could have only been written by a ego-maniacal man who both loves and hates himself a little bit too much. He completely missed the opportunity to write one of the great moments of dark humour and be a genuine rebel though. His character is reborn with love at the end of the film and when I see him run across that highway smiling.. I'm genuinely willing for him to be flattened by a truck. She is then left waiting in the motel room with no hot chocolate and they both have a tragic ending.. instead we get a sentimental ending which was ironically the most commercial choice he could have made.
Come at me, Vincent (you vain prick) 😉😘 Love you x
Well done and very well articulated. 😘
@@uschilou Insomnia is mostly responsible but thank you anyway. Have a happy new year, friend.
@@uschilou 😘
Bravo!
Buffalo 66 is in my top 10 favourite films. I love this guy
What are the rest ?
@@christianlacroix5430 There's at least 30 or 40 of them in my top 10 :-D Hard to pick!
Congratulations. You have marginal taste in cinema.
@ Is Terminator (1 & 2) marginal taste in cinema?
for context buffalo 66 is a weird fucking movie which makes him going this hard on random critics so damn hilarious. a true character
I have so many questions... but I'll just say this - Vincent Gallo is the man
Not remotely.
One of THE best discussions and debates ive seen with no-one looking to steal the win. Just "i disagree with you" and "thats fine, let me explain why i think that is incorrect without shock and screaming". No comment was made here hoping to " go viral". Oh i wish i coukd go back to the 80s/90s for a holiday
Love Vince Gallo,just don't make the mistake of giving him a SHIFTER CAR 🚗🤔🤣‼️
While this post introduced me to Vincent Gallo as a director, I'm pretty sure this is a AI post. It's interesting how Gallo doesn't destroy critics, but the description only says "Vincent Gallo rips bad critics to their faces "I hate when I can feel Leftwing politics in movie critics" Which is the one moment of the video that does really well in todays culture for audience response.
He's elevated and I love his work.
from the very beginning of 66 u can tell that his character is emotionally wounded. He can’t even pee like a grown up. Just having to use the bathroom was a big deal. This was a great movie.
When people tell you they don't like your movie so you just say they misunderstood it lol
Because that is the case most the time. The masses are severely unintelligent. Mainstream crap culture only confirms this and always has. The most brilliant undeniable art is shunned by critics while in the same conversation they will praise some barely mediocre hack crap like a super Hero film or a concept that been vomited up a thousand times already.
I co-wrote and played the lead in an indie film called blood prism. If you don't like it then you don't get it lol
…… then you give them examples of why they would feel the way they feel and articulate what they might have missed and realigned their thinking. Then went on to win them over in 9 minutes.
You forgot that part so here you go.
I remember watching Buffalo 66 as a 17 year old in the cinema and I went back the next day to watch it again.
The term "Genius" is overused. However, Vincent Gallo is a genius.
Why exactly is he a genius?
No. He's not.
9:13 “For that one moment...” Brown Bunny ending scene..
Exactly what i was thinking too!
it ended for me the minute the BJ ended
Where's the full episode?! We need this!
I didn’t know Gallo was member of the Globetrotters? Good on him
He most certainly didn't destroy them.
When he talks about autumn afternoon it provides some interesting insight into his mindset going into the making of the brown bunny.
I remember watching this when it was broadcast. He makes some salient points, particularly the observations about left wing politics. And all were calm and civilised, which was refreshing.
He’s a lifelong Republican- not joking.
@ he’s gone up in my estimation.
vincent gallo really is the billy corgan of movies
Vincent gallo was so ahead of the times
"i'm comfortable being critisized"
Amazing that they let him go on so much without interrupting him.
The old days when people used to listen as much as they talked
He's smarter than the critics.
A real artist always should be
No. He's not.
@@Noyb.265 ok captain amerikka
Gallo is a genius. Smart as well.
Pretty clever too
The word genius gets thrown out too much now a days
@@skywalkn297this movie came out in 98 . Ur right its used too much today . My guess is if you’re insinuating he’s not a genius than you have a long way to go
A wanker. A cock as well. A dick, if you like.
Well then which is he? I'm going with not remotely either.
"By the way, did you ever notice the smell of redheads? I think that's why a lot of redhead girls have Black boyfriends. They smell compatible." from Vincent Gallo's Musical History
I enjoyed the movie, the story was fantastic and I show it and recommend it to people all the time.
I have to say, even though he is not someone I particularly like, he is a great artist.
I interviewed him for print in 2011, and he was fucking great. Generous, good natured, and brilliant fun-unlike critics, who are, with very few exceptions, wankers.
Critics are the absolute worst. I cannot believe people see them as the grand arbiters of taste
No, not really. You didnt like my film because youre probably bored with cinema? Ok.
Buffalo '66 is an absolute masterpiece. I remember everything when I first saw it.
The only time the Brits laughed was when he took a stab at the French. If he made a joke about Irish they would be sucking on his toes after
Even the Irish one?
@@maryturula7620 Especially the Irish one.
@wesleyjohndelaney106 Nope. Brits haven't laughed at Irish for a few decades, and tend not to laugh at other nations or cultures either for the most part these days.
They laughed not because it was at the expense of the French, but at the surprise of Gallo's unexpected and unwarranted sharing of a preference not to learn the language.
Nonsense.
Maybe they just found him funny.
Vincent Gallo's voice sounds like a cross between Eddie Deezen and Conan O'Brien.
Buffalo 66 is a cult classic
Kudos to the critics for letting him speak his mind without rudely interrupting. Different times. Today it would just be such a disgrace to watch a discussion like that.
He told the truth about critics and Hollywood.
I’m amazed they let him speak so long. Kudos to the director.
Beautiful film about stockholm syndrome
I dunno that it’s about that
it's precisely about that.
@@alexbarnet6982 Did he not straight up kidnap her in broad daylight (same day he got out of prison)? She slowly goes from a threatened and frightened victim to actually getting to like him.
@@XanderShiller yeah but she had 100s of opportunities to leave but doesn't. Cause she ends up liking him. She wasn't really ever scared of him just kinda went with it.
It's not really stockholm since she was never really afraid of him.
"It's the critics' fault my movies suck" Vincent Gallo
3:48 He absolutely right about that left-wing crap in movies. It's like cancer.
Thurman Ulrich Righ wing, left wind : All retards. Stay normal.
@Thurman Ulrich it's both shit. Just tell me a good story and don't force feed me bullshit. Whether it's pro gay or pro military or what have you.
He called his hometown of Buffalo, NY Deliverance with smokestacks, and hes right.
1:06 when the coke hits
That’s the “oh shit that was too much” moment
I was reluctant to show my wife Buffalo 66, because it's such a love it or hate it movie. It became one of her all time favorites.
The Irishman hosting 'gets it'
He's Scott's
Brilliant man. Love his face/reaction at 8:05 listening to that clown attempt to sound knowledgeable. In his head laughing at the fool
I love this guy. He was a member of Rawesome and loved my clips and o loved his films.
Brilliant
Seriously? Did he know Aajonus?
Saying you don’t like David Lynch and Cassavetes in a circle of snot nosed critics is BASED.
Great, his music is cool too.
500 years from now renting a tape = gallo's understanding of 'medium' -- how important is medium to your structural/functional understanding of a) how films are made b) how films are seen c) how films are instituted/criticized?
GALLO IS LEGEND SPANNING TIME & TAKING NAMES.
Not appreciating Buffalo 56 is akin to kicking puppies/kittens.
Buffalo 66 is a masterpiece and these pretentious critics are clueless! Vincent is so real and genuinely too smart for them
I hope they checked under that couch for chocolate after he left