Brown Bunny, The

Aroview: Notoriously egocentric gem from Vincent Gallo, who stars, directs, writes, shoots, edits and produces an intriguingly desultry road-trip across America, as a motorcycle racer searching for his old girlfriend amid the social desolation of the continent and his morbidly self-obsessed mindscape.

Famous for being loudly boo-ed at Cannes in 2003, this much-tightened new 'cut' focuses the visual poetry, enigmatic encounters and folk-rock soundtrack with (apparently) less time-wasting though equal indulgence. Some audiences may still find its fairly directionless tone, topped off with a hard-core porn scene, uninspiring, yet connoisseurs of the downbeat will find ample and oddly warming gratification.

more matches…