Who Came Before Gaspar Noé? Ten Auteur-Porn Milestones of the 21st Century
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Vincent Gallo’s downbeat drama rather famously features the protagonist (Gallo himself) receiving a long, unsimulated blow job from an ex-girlfriend played by Chloë Sevigny—who afterwards turns out to be a mere figment of his imagination (!). Also famously, Roger Ebert pronounced Bunny to be the worst film in the history of the long-running Cannes festival; Gallo returned fire by cursing the beloved critic’s prostate; and then, months later, Ebert somehow ended up applying his trademark thumbs-up approval to a shorter theatrical cut of the film.