Brown Bunny and the Limits of the Soul

[Cullen]

I've been thinking about posting on this movie for a while now - since Friday, when I read Ebert's article on it.  The movie in question, Brown Bunny[/url]  is discussed a bit into the piece, but I'll sum it up here:

 A man gets in a van and drives and dives and drives and dives and drives and dives and drives and drives and drives and drives and films up his gas tank, then drives and drives and drives and drives and changes his shirt, then drives and drives and drives and drives and drives and drives and drives and drives, then gets on a motorcycle and drives and drives and...  all of this punctuated by a hard core sex act with his ex-girlfriend and a discussion on their failed relationship.

This plot summation has been brought to you courtesy of Cut and Paste® - The Lazy Writer's Friend.

The question I want to pose to all of you is not whether or not some film makers have too much time and money on their hands (that's a no-brainer) but do you have a limit?  One movie that looks or sounds so very, very bad that you not only have no desire to see it, you wish you never heard of it in the first place?  A movie that, despite enjoying some of the worst films ever made, you know will reap unforgivable harm upon your mind if you ever saw it?

Right now, Brown Bunny is at the top of my list.  I saw the title, saw the words "All Time Worst", and thought, "Maybe this'll be interesting."  Only, after reading the synopsis, I went completely Tippi Hedren.  As in The Birds.  "No.   No. NO!  "

No.  Redeeming.  Value.  At.  All.

Any who, what do you all think?
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[Mofo Rising]

My friend and I were discussing going to watch this.  Because it sounds awful.  Completely and utterly awful.  Which is something you want to see on the big screen.

Anyway, Vincent Gallo is probably best known for bad-mouthing every person he comes in contact with.  Which is not how somebody endears themself to me.

But finally!  Someone brought all the excitement of driving to the big screen.  2 FAST 2 FURIOUS?  Please.

[Cullen]

It gets better.  The director actually apologized for his film.   Check it out .  One quick quote from the man himself: "It is a disaster and a waste of time."

This flick's so bad it may never see the light of day again.  (My thought, no one else’s.)  It'll become something of a cult classic, everyone wondering if it actually is that bad.  People will seek it out and see...

My God.  What a horrible thought...
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Edit - It pays to read the full article before making a post.  Says there that it might be distributed in France.  Dumb, Cull-boy, dumb...
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[mr. henry]

actress chloe reportedly cried during the screening at cannes...

i have now put this film on my must see list...

[Shark]

Brown Bunny was a test of limits, eh?

Well, it couldn't be any worse than The Howling III.  I threw away an hour and 45 minutes of my life and sacrificed a good portion of my sanity when I watched that movie.

[Cullen]

Shark wrote:

> Brown Bunny was a test of limits, eh?
>
> Well, it couldn't be any worse than The Howling III.  I threw
> away an hour and 45 minutes of my life and sacrificed a good
> portion of my sanity when I watched that movie.

Somehow I doubt it, but, as I haven't seen either movie, (just read synopsises) I can't really say.
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[raj]

Distributed in France, eh?  Is the director an American?  That's the way to get back at the French, make them watch horrible movies.

I didn't care for Mad Max Beyond Thuderdome, it was too much "let's make a movie to cash in on Mad Max, and to ensure people will see it, we'll throw in Tina Turner (as Tina Turner)."

[Ash]

I've heard that there were a few French critics that actually liked it.

Here's a quote from Roger Ebert's site:

"It was booed and laughed at during its screenings, there were countless walkouts, and its inclusion as an official selection called into question the judgment, even the sanity, of the programmers. That several French critics liked it was, Gallo said, "almost like salt in the wound."


haha!

Go here to read the article in it's entirety:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-nws-ebertside25.html