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Acting
Ricci's deadpan saintliness against Gallo's live-wire hostility.
Cinematography
Harsh winter whites that make Buffalo feel like purgatory.
Direction
Gallo's narcissism somehow serves the story's claustrophobia.

Director
Vincent Gallo
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