Calling this Vincent Gallo's best and most original film is a very big statement. Considering both Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny are both brilliant masterpieces and completely original. However this film is unlike anything ever made by anyone. The story is complex, deep and feels like it was adapted from a thousand page classic novel. Yet the film itself feels like a minimal portrait. As well it is the best looking black and white film I've ever seen in my life. Vincent Gallo composed and performed the original soundtrack which is simple, jazzy, very lyrical, very beautiful and highly effective. Gallo's editing is unlike anyone else and like The Brown Bunny the film is pieced together in a way unlike all the other standard cinema of today. I am very very lucky to have seen this film. And in today's very dry creative world Vincent Gallo is a very odd rare phenomenon.
Review of Promises Written in Water
