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Hiram ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 30 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2084 |
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^ I like Jim Jarmusch a lot. His first two films, Permanent Vacation and Stranger Than Paradise aren't very good I think, but with the third one, Down by Law he found his voice so to speak I think. The following five are masterpieces: Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Dead Man, Ghost Dog and Coffee and Cigarettes. Ghost Dog is a top 5 film for me.
It's been long since I saw Broken Flowers, but I didn't care much for it. I need to see it again. The Limits of Control is weird and not entirely in a good way I think. Only Lovers Left Alive and Paterson I liked quite a lot. Haven't seen The Dead Don't Die yet.
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enigmatic ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 14 2007 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 549 |
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^ I guess I have to watch Ghost Dog, I've never seen it.
Night on Earth - liked first 3 stories, last 2 left me cold. Only Lovers Left Alive - I was never a huge fan of vampire movies and this one wasn't an exception. The Dead Don't Die - good zombie movie, but I watched few better ones. There is one interesting and funny twist in the movie, but to avoid a spoiler, I can't write about it. Music connection- Iggy Pop and Tom Waits have small roles in the movie. Broker Flowers - I liked it a lot, great cast with Bill Murray as a main character and interesting plot. Mystery Train was my first intro to Jarmusch's filmography. Very interesting structure of the movie: 3 unrelated stories but somehow connected with each other. There are few amazing scenes/interactions between the characters that are pure magic. It makes you think how the hell Jarmusch came up with this scene. Plenty of music connections, the movie takes places in Memphis and includes a tour of Sun Records. Highly recommended but be aware- very slow beginning (scenes in the train and walk of 2 Japanese characters through the streets of Memphis) Edited by enigmatic - September 16 2023 at 14:56 |
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18563 |
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Ghost Dog...now that's the textbook definition of a slow burn.
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Hiram ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 30 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2084 |
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And that's not all. Tom Waits has one of the main roles in Down by Law and he made music for Night on Earth. Down by Law also has John Lurie (of The Lounge Lizards) who was in Stranger Than Paradise as well (in which there also was one-time Sonic Youth drummer Richard Edson). Jarmusch also directed Stooges documentary Gimme Danger that's very much worth seeing. And then there's Neil Young tour documentary Year of the Horse.
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65602 |
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watching The Apartment -- Billy Wilder was quite great.
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 18064 |
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Hi, A good director with an outstanding listing of films ... you will note that he WROTE most of them, which is/was very much in line with a lot of the European directors, as opposed to America where things were mostly dominated by the studios. Even despite that, he was able to get the actors to get it done, which allowed for the studios to put their money behind it, instead of telling him where the laundry and the garbage was!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Hiram ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 30 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2084 |
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Agreed about Billy Wilder. Sunset Boulevard is my favourite and probably another top 5 film for me.
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Thank you, Pedro, yes his process was unique for directors. I see his influence in much later work by Woody Allen, Buck Henry, Neil Simon, etc. And of course Wilder was an ardent anti-Fascist. |
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