Buffalo '66 feat. John Semley
Added 2024-10-09 14:09:30 +0000 UTCWriter, researcher, and fellow podcaster John Semley joins the program to discuss Buffalo '66, directed, written by, and starring the ever-controversial Vincent Gallo and co-starring Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, and Ben Gazzara. It's a film of profound beauty, humor and humanity, and although Gallo claims the movie is non-autobiographical, it nonetheless draws from deep reservoirs of personal experience in its depiction of alienation and the grace that can bring broken people back from the precipice.
We discuss the career of Vincent Gallo and his status as perpetual provocateur, often exchanging barbs with fellow flimmakers and critics alike, including a notorious saga with the late Roger Ebert. Then, we talk about the film's depthful exploration of its thoroughly unlikable character as portrayed by Gallo, and how he manages to make Billy Brown a remarkably captivating misanthrope through his particular manner and distinctive speaking cadence. Finally, we discuss Gallo's recent foray into the MAGA movement and adjacent vestiges of the right, and why his work's portrayal of ecstatic revelation feels antithetical to the politics of resentment that defines the modern conservative movement.
Follow John Semley on Twitter.
Read John's piece on Gallo's work with The Daily Wire, "Can Conservatices Make a Real Movie?" at The New Republic.
Watch Vincent Gallo's infamous 2003 interview with Hikari Takano.
Watch Vincent Gallo confront critics on a 1998 episode of Sky TV's Movietalk.
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Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish.
Comments
Thanks so much for the kind words! We had such a wonderful time watching and talking about the film. And will definitely take a look at Gallo's albums!
Hit Factory
2024-10-12 22:55:39 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite movies of all time and it was so great listening to you all dissect it! I think most fans of Gallo have a love/hate relationship with the man himself but even his most vocal critics can't deny he's a great filmmaker with a very distinct point of view. For what it's worth, his two recorded albums are also an intriguing piece of the puzzle and are definitely worth a listen.
Sleeper_Waves
2024-10-12 13:59:45 +0000 UTC
