Buffalo '66 (1998)

Buffalo ’66: Directed by Vincent Gallo. With Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke. After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.

“Buffalo u0026#39;66 was really original in terms of both plot and style. At moments, the story of Billy Brownu0026#39;s life is so terribly tragic and bizarre, you almost have to break the tension by cracking a laugh. In the film, Vincent Gallou0026#39;s ex-jail bird character, Billy Brown, kidnaps a young tap-dancer named Layla, played by Christina Ricci, to pose as his wife on his visit back home to his dysfunctional family. The colors are beautifully bold and somehow elegant by being so far past tacky. The film is really great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is actually based somewhat on Vincent Gallou0026#39;s own traumatic life. The Sinatra song that the Billy Brownu0026#39;s father sings to Layla in the bedroom is actually a tape of Vincent Gallou0026#39;s father, Vincent Gallo, Sr. I read in an interview that Vincent Gallo has scripted another movie he hopes to direct and feature in. He is trying to get enough money to do it all himself. I am curious to see how it turns out, since this film was allegedly wound so tightly around scraps of his own life.”