VINCENT GALLO and christina ricci in Buffalo 66. Gallo wrote, directed and scored the film, which is showing starting tonight at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.
An arresting hybrid of kitchen-sink realism and fairy-tale romance, Buffalo 66 follows the strange path of a troubled young man, cursed with unloving parents, who in his quixotic search for one kind of love, unexpectedly finds another. The film runs through Aug. 23 at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.
As director, screenwriter, composer, and lead actor, Vincent Gallo brings a deep emotional conviction to this contemporary fable of family trauma and the healing power of love.
Buffalo 66 begins as Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) is being released from the state penitentiary outside his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. For the past five years, Billy has deceived his parents, Janet and Jimmy Brown (Anjelica Huston and Ben Gazzara), about his circumstances, telling them that he was working on a very important government job. Now that he's back in Buffalo, all the Browns really care about is meeting Billy's wife, "Wendy." Desperate to impress his parents, lacking any kind of wife or girlfriend, Billy impulsively kidnaps Layla (Christina Ricci) and forces her into the role.
Over the course of a horrendous visit with the Browns, Layla happily immerses herself in the role of "Wendy." She charms Janet and Jimmy, who show her the kind of affection they've never accorded their son. Passed over yet again, Billy turns his attention to carrying out a suicidal vendetta. By the time he is ready to put his plan in motion, however, Billy has spent a great deal of time with Layla, a soul as adrift and alone as he is. Layla offers Billy the loyalty and love he'll never receive from his parents and he must decide if he can accept it.
Buffalo 66 is showing on Aug. 14 through 16 and on Aug. 20 through 23. Screenings are at 7 and 9:15 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays; at 1, 3:15, 7, and 9:15 p.m. on Saturdays; and at 2:30, 4:45, 7, and 9:15 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $6; $5 for students; and $4 for senior citizens, children, and members of the Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.
Individual tickets for all Lied Center events go on sale Aug. 17. Tickets can be obtained by calling the Box Office at 472-4747 or 1-800-432-3231 or stopping by the Lied Center between 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Norah Goebel-George, director of marketing and media relations, said, "In the past, lines started forming around 9 a.m. for single ticket sales, although the box office phones and windows aren't open until 11 a.m. So to get the best seats, I advise you to come early on Aug. 17. We have 10 phone lines available, but due to the volume of calls we get, it can be difficult to get through - but once you call in and get into the system, don't hang up. Your call will be answered as soon as possible."
DEATH OF A LIGHT BULB/30 CAL. BULLET by Harold "Doc" Edgerton. Edgerton's invention of the stroboscope enabled the NU graduate to "freeze" movement and create photographs of unsurpassed clarity. More than 30 of his photos are exhibited in The Art of Science: Documenting the Unseen, the Photographs of Harold Edgerton, running through Sept. 14 at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
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