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Buffalo '66 (Widescreen)

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Buffalo '66, directed and written by Vincent Gallo, is an incredible film about this guy named Billy Brown, played by Gallo himself. Billy was a man who was severely down in his luck, from having neglegent parents, terrible luck, and dysfunctional relationships. The root of his anger and bitterness definitely comes from his parents. His mother (played brilliantly yet uncharacteristically by Angelica Huston) was so obsessed with the Buffalo Bills that she disowns Billy since he was born on the same day the Bills won the Super Bowl in 1966 and she couldn't go to the game (and they haven't won since).The story starts off with Billy being released from a 5 year jail sentence ("I was innocent") wandering the streets of Buffalo looking for a bathroom. He finds one at a dance studio, in which he runs into Layla (played by my favorite actress, Christina Ricci). He kidnaps her and somehow persuades her into pretending that she's this girl named Wnedy and that they are married, along with a whole barrage of lies, to impress his parents, not that they really care anyway.After that, Billy and Layla still go places together, but yet Billy is still very bitter and won't easily open up to Layla. He had many emotional scars and trauma (all shown in the movie) and contemplated doing a terrible act of revenge. Then he experienced an epiphany in terms of what would happen if he did it, with Yes' classic epic "Heart of the Sunrise" used effectively, and from there he finds himself in a way, and the film has a surprising ending. This film dealt with human emotion in a non-cliched way, and contained great music and even better acting. Definitely a new favorite film for me.

what else can i say about this film thas hasnt been said already, the praise is well deserved and it being vincent gallos debut film only makes a person wonder how great of an artist he truly is, not only as a genius musician who also did the score for the film and the music works so well with the film, but also as a writer and director, one of my favorite films of all time , and definately in my top ten, cristina ricci also deserves praise for her role, and i couldnt picture anybody else playing it. buffalo '66 is quite an accomplishment

Buffalo 66' is a gratest movie I have ever seen. It's main mattar is love, but the love story is not ordinal film's one. Although two central caracters are cool and cute, they are not portrayed as dramatic, special parsons. They are presented as usual even more like pitiful in all of the film. There are few dramatic scenes, and uneventful time is streaming. A world of the film is very small, and it's time flows slowly. That is why maybe someone would think it as boring. But I felt that the story is very natural and the love illustrated in the film is quite real. They gradually grow tender of each other as they know of each other. Although there is little description of the reason of their love, a persuasion is exist.It may be good that needless things are cut out. Because of the simple story, film's musics and images are also effectively memorable. Buffalo 66' is just a great work of art.

what a debut for Vincent Gallo, Buffalo '66 really makes u part of the movie with a thought provoking plot and excellent acting. The plot and characters work so well u cant help feel bad for the poor Billy Brown but at the same time its very humorous. I rented it then purchased it and i absolutley love it, so i highly reccomend u go watch this movie

- An awesome and must-see cult movie
- Nice art direction
- Wried but cute
- Some of the post-shooting effect was awesome, such as the pop-up boxes and transition; as well as the last assasin scenarios
- The acting of Vincent was awesome
- A must-see cult movie
- Something to tell, love can save no return

Vincent Gallo`s directorial debut is an intriguing indie effort, even if a too self-absorbed and indulgent one. The movie focuses the redemption of a young man straight out of jail (Gallo himself) who kidnaps a girl (Christina Ricci) and then visits his parents, making her pretend she`s his wife. Although this cinematic experience is a tad too difficult to get into at first, it still offers an interesting watch with some inspired moments. The acting is overall good, the characters are quirky, the direction is atmospheric and grim enough and the plot has a couple of surprises along the way. "Buffalo `66" is an offbeat road movie that has some good ideas as well as dull parts (sometimes the pacing is too slow and it has a few repetitive moments), yet the result is convincing as a whole. The story has similarities with Mike Figgis` "Leaving Las Vegas", but Gallo manages to avoid the cheap melodrama and the annoying depressive tone of that movie. A good debut and a fine addition to the dysfunctional family myth, this is a film worth watching.

Compelling and absorbing.

It's hard to explain, but ''Buffalo 66'' touched me in a way that other films and the way they are made don't do so well. Vincent was engaging as Billy Brown. The way it was made and acted just felt real to me and not over the top, and a lot more true to real life(aspects of it).I loved the ending. I was really hopeing that I wouldn't be left with a depressing ending which would of seemed predictable, but boy, I really felt joy with the out come, Vincent definitely won me over. Vincent has given me something to think about that won't be leaving my head any time soon.
by justine ryan

A totally engrossing, feel good film.
It shows that it is not only what you are dealt,
But how you deal with it...

This movie is brilliant. Great cast, great performances, interesting story, funny, unpredictable, creative direction and editing, and utterly unique.

Amazing that Vincent Gallo wrote, directed, starred and composed and performed the music. If other filmmakers had even a fraction of his dedication and vision and effort 99% of movies wouldn't be boring, uncompelling rehashes of 50 other movies just like it.

A major problem people have with this film is that they find it unbelievable that Layla would allow herself to be kidnapped so easily, and that she would end up liking him. I think she went along with it because she wanted to. It seemed she was bored with her life and along came this amusing, bizarre stranger to take her on an adventure. She seemed a little wierd herself, and she connected with him in some way. She could probably sense that he wasn't going to hurt her.

Anyway, it's a classic and you must see it.

Oh no you are not going to pass this classic up. Nobody should go without seeing the "shifter car" scene, because I think people deserve to laugh really hard. It's you god-given right to buy a movie this good! God wants you to buy this album. If he didn't want you to see such a good movie he wouldn't have created Vincent Gallo or Christina Ricci (with her just-f__king-amazing looks, especially in this movie; pay attention when she's in the tap-dancing class).

Plus it has a happy ending. Everybody likes happy endings. I'm totally gonna steal a page from Billy's book, and buy a girl a heart cookie and a hot chocolate, and I'll play "Sweetness" by Yes when I give them to her. I'll also steal his "kidnap a girl and give her no respect" technique. So romantic!