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Buffalo Bill's Defunct: Stories from the New West (2004) Online
2004 Earl V. Prebezac Frances Hearn Keith Fox Matt Wilkins
Original Title :
Buffalo Billu0027s Defunct: Stories from the New West
Genre :
Movie / Drama
Year :
2004
Directror :
Matt Wilkins
Cast :
Earl V. Prebezac,Frances Hearn,Keith Fox
Writer :
Brent Curtis,Eliza Fox
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 24min
Rating :
7.9/10

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Buffalo Bill rallies his sissy-fied clan to the old-fashioned task of pulling down their dilapidated shed with a winch and 100' of cable; a half-baked decision influenced heavily by the fact that he accidentally blasted through the garage door with his truck. As Bill's daughter and grandchildren prepare the shed for razing, they excavate rusted family artifacts, uncovering interfamilial tensions. In their own words, Bill's ensemble gossips about each other, most of the time revealing more about the person talking than the subject. The film spills the guts of this American family through stories of Bill's seeds floating through the world on their own unique, but parallel narratives. "Buffalo Bill's Defunct" is a poem to the entanglement of family, casting a vigil light on inheritance. The relationships are cluttered, muddled and imperfect, but perfectly functional.
Cast overview:
Earl V. Prebezac Earl V. Prebezac - Buffalo Bill
Frances Hearn Frances Hearn - Suzanne
Keith Fox Keith Fox - Jack
Martha Strickland Cagley Martha Strickland Cagley - Martha
Michael White Michael White - Daniel
David N. Donihue David N. Donihue - Dave
Jennifer Estes Jennifer Estes - Jen
Wiley W. Wilkins Wiley W. Wilkins - Wiley
Christopher Lloyd Christopher Lloyd - Chris


User reviews

SkroN

SkroN

Buffalo Bill's Defunct is a startlingly engaging film, which despite its lack of "plot" draws you in to the characters' lives, so much so that you feel a part of the family. Flashbacks to Wilkins's earlier film, Interior Latex, give a depth and sense of continuity that is often lacking in this sort of documentary-style narrative.

The actors have an easy camaraderie with one another, and move with the un-self-consciousness of real family. The location is stunning. The characters are so well defined that you feel like you could call them up & help them with their barn / garage destruction.

Definitely worth watching!
Dukinos

Dukinos

Dismantling the past: "Buffalo Bill's Defunct"

An ambitious and often moving feature, produced locally and directed by Seattle's Matt Wilkins, "Buffalo Bill's Defunct" is both shrewd and sophisticated film-making.

Essentially a collection of poignant short tales about the grown children and grandchildren of ornery but magnanimous "Buffalo" Bill (Earl V. Prebezac, co-founder of Edmonds' Driftwood Players), the action begins when Bill accidentally rams his truck through a wall of his dilapidated shed.

Deciding it's time to demolish the rustic hut, widower Bill enlists his kin in removing its family paraphernalia from bygone years. This dismantling of the past becomes a catalyst for learning more about Bill's kids (and their kids) through spare vignettes that have been compared, with good reason, to stories of the late Port Angeles writer Raymond Carver.

One of the best pieces stars Keith Fox as an emotionally reckless and taciturn father whose grown daughter (Frances Hearn) reluctantly bonds with him while humiliating her drunken boyfriend (Michael White).

Improvising dialog and behavior, the entire cast and Wilkins find a quiet if urgent soulfulness somewhat obscured at times by overly busy editing.

— Tom Keogh, Special to The Seattle Times