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See Vincent Gallo drive around for 20 minutes. Watch Vincent Gallo get gas, eat at a chinese restaurant, take a piss, take an unsurprisingly short shower, dress himself, and drink a coke. And that excitement is only in the first 30 minutes! Yes, times flies by while watching this fascinating piece as fast as the bugs accumulate on the windshield of Gallo's Ped-o-van, which I feel we truly did not see enough scenes of. I am eagerly awaiting the extended cut which I heard has a full uninterrupted 20 minute scene of bugs hitting the windshield. I cannot wait!
We see a lot of Vincent Gallo's face. Even though Gallo wrote, directed and shot the film, I don't think this was a vanity decision. We need to see his emotionless, greasy, creepy looking face so that we can get a sense of what he is going through as he drives around and stops and goes to a motel and stuff like that. Now Gallo better never rob a bank of steal a bike in front of me, as a police sketch artist would have his work cut out for him with me. I close my eyes and Gallo's face is burned into my vision like an old computer monitor that's had a static image on it too long.
I think what happened is that the cameraman was very new. Sometimes he had the camera ON when it should have been off, say for example when Gallo is driving around endlessly and stops at a redlight. Now when there was other stuff happening, like plot and story, the camera was OFF. I think there was explosions and at least one stick fight (a'la the beginning of Rambo III) in the movie, but they weren't recorded as the aforementioned cameraman was being dumb.
This movie could have easily been an instructional video on how to drive. The only thing that gets more screen time than Gallo's face is driving scenes. There are at least 10 scenes where we see the windshield and the many roads Gallo drives down. He drives at night, in the rain, in traffic...and even AT NIGHT WHILE IT IS RAINING!! He stops at red lights and stop signs, and even uses his turn signal and I don't think he ever went over the speed limit! He is a very considerate driver!
Hopefully, we get a sequel where we see more driving around, maybe in the snow or something. I also want to see more everyday life stuff, as I was disappointed we didn't see Gallo inflating the tires on his van or tying his shoes or picking out a belt to wear. There is just so much that can be done with this!
We see a lot of Vincent Gallo's face. Even though Gallo wrote, directed and shot the film, I don't think this was a vanity decision. We need to see his emotionless, greasy, creepy looking face so that we can get a sense of what he is going through as he drives around and stops and goes to a motel and stuff like that. Now Gallo better never rob a bank of steal a bike in front of me, as a police sketch artist would have his work cut out for him with me. I close my eyes and Gallo's face is burned into my vision like an old computer monitor that's had a static image on it too long.
I think what happened is that the cameraman was very new. Sometimes he had the camera ON when it should have been off, say for example when Gallo is driving around endlessly and stops at a redlight. Now when there was other stuff happening, like plot and story, the camera was OFF. I think there was explosions and at least one stick fight (a'la the beginning of Rambo III) in the movie, but they weren't recorded as the aforementioned cameraman was being dumb.
This movie could have easily been an instructional video on how to drive. The only thing that gets more screen time than Gallo's face is driving scenes. There are at least 10 scenes where we see the windshield and the many roads Gallo drives down. He drives at night, in the rain, in traffic...and even AT NIGHT WHILE IT IS RAINING!! He stops at red lights and stop signs, and even uses his turn signal and I don't think he ever went over the speed limit! He is a very considerate driver!
Hopefully, we get a sequel where we see more driving around, maybe in the snow or something. I also want to see more everyday life stuff, as I was disappointed we didn't see Gallo inflating the tires on his van or tying his shoes or picking out a belt to wear. There is just so much that can be done with this!
