Buffalo '66

THIS is my typa film, this film feels like a cigarette, strangely romantic in others, but impossible to stop looking at this just was so beautifully filmed. vincent gallo directs this film like he’s scared of sincerity, which kinda makes this hit harder. underneath all the deadpan conversations and abrasive energy is a movie about loneliness so deep it turns people upside down. the cinematography is unreal. it’s so david lynch that’s what i adore about the style of this film. every frame looks frozen in cold, coated in this washed out blue dirt , and neon reds that make buffalo feel like an emotional purgatory. the bowling alley and nightclub scenes alone could hang in a gallery so beautifully filmed i couldn’t take my eyes away. there’s this beautiful stillness to the camera that makes the awkward silences feel suffocating but elegant, but then gallo suddenly shifts into these dreamy slow motion moments that feel weirdly euphoric. christina ricci dancing in the diner might be one of the most loving scenes ever put on film. It’s soft, surreal, and heartbreaking all at once. christian ricci was outstanding in this film her performance was just incredible she played so well and she was just such a cute character i adore her in this film. what makes the movie stick with you is how emotionally confusing it is. like billy is cruel, pathetic, funny when it’s not meant to be funny , insecure, violent and honestly he’s childish, sometimes all in the same scene. and layla responding to him with this almost unfamiliar level of kindness turns the film into something weirdly romantic without ever becoming sentimental. it’s not a healthy love story it’s actually kind of a horror, but it understands the desperation of wanting someone to see you beyond your damage, this was just so touching. the scene were layla is tap dancing was just jimmy buttler looking at that paper, hands down one if the greatest scenes i have ever fuckin seen. i could go on and on but i wont, absolute cinema.