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An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.
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- TriviaThe film's editor Hughes Winborne can be seen as Francis's father in the photograph of Francis's family. He's the one with the black horn-rimmed glasses.
- ConnectionsReferences Blue Velvet (1986)
- SoundtracksIn Acient Times II: Erotica
Written by Pepijn Houwen (as P. Houwen), Harold Gielen (as H. Gielen), Loek Peeters (as L. Peeters), Erwin Hermsen (as E. Hersman) and Floris de Jonge (as F. de Jonnage)
Performed by Mangled
Courtesy of Pavement Music
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Ugly movie, but it's good.
Buddy Boy is a psychological thriller on the same scale of Roman Polanski movies. While seeing Buddy Boy it immediately reminded me of a particular Polanski movie, The Tenant. Both stories deal with men looking abroad to the windows of others and noticing bizarre happenings. Thus causes the men to slowly go insane and therefore indulge themselves within their own insanity.
The story deals with a stuttering young man who is very reclusive and lives with his stepmother. He spends most of the time locked in his room. A perverse pass time of his is to look inside the apartment of a beautiful woman, played by Polanskis wife, Emmanuelle Seigner. He falls in love with the womans image without knowing her. As the story develops they eventually meet and become friends. The young man continues to spy on the woman due to his lack of trust in her. As he peeps into the womans apartment, he begins to notice that she cooks human flesh and eats it raw. He goes over the womans apartment, only to discover that she is eating vegetables, I forgot to mention the woman is a vegetarian. The young man begins to think God hates him for making him see terrible things. Apparently the only time he sees the acts of cannibalism is when he is at his Peeping Tom area. This is the beginning of one mans decent into madness.
I expected to see a particular type of stylish psychological film, instead I witnessed something more disturbing than what I usually see. Nevertheless it was an interesting movie. The style is ugly, its not elegant its simply ugly. So far I have not learned to like this particular style, I prefer something more elegant, meaning I dislike movies that take place in the rural areas of a metropolitan city. Despite the settings I thought the film was decent. Its definitely a change of pace horror film instead of watching the typical teenage slasher Hollywood flicks. Which I dont see but Im sure they are terrible. Buddy Boy is a film that allows you to have your own conclusion, it doesnt give you the ending, you create it yourself by what you saw from the flick.
The story deals with a stuttering young man who is very reclusive and lives with his stepmother. He spends most of the time locked in his room. A perverse pass time of his is to look inside the apartment of a beautiful woman, played by Polanskis wife, Emmanuelle Seigner. He falls in love with the womans image without knowing her. As the story develops they eventually meet and become friends. The young man continues to spy on the woman due to his lack of trust in her. As he peeps into the womans apartment, he begins to notice that she cooks human flesh and eats it raw. He goes over the womans apartment, only to discover that she is eating vegetables, I forgot to mention the woman is a vegetarian. The young man begins to think God hates him for making him see terrible things. Apparently the only time he sees the acts of cannibalism is when he is at his Peeping Tom area. This is the beginning of one mans decent into madness.
I expected to see a particular type of stylish psychological film, instead I witnessed something more disturbing than what I usually see. Nevertheless it was an interesting movie. The style is ugly, its not elegant its simply ugly. So far I have not learned to like this particular style, I prefer something more elegant, meaning I dislike movies that take place in the rural areas of a metropolitan city. Despite the settings I thought the film was decent. Its definitely a change of pace horror film instead of watching the typical teenage slasher Hollywood flicks. Which I dont see but Im sure they are terrible. Buddy Boy is a film that allows you to have your own conclusion, it doesnt give you the ending, you create it yourself by what you saw from the flick.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $12,597
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,651
- Mar 26, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $12,597
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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