It's a sad and beautiful world: the Jim Jarmusch poll.

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I went in expecting Tilda Swinton to be Tilda Swinton and was pleasantly surprised.

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link

vampire movie was really good imo

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 03:37 (eight years ago) link

It is called Only Lovers Left Alive. Yeah, I'd like to see it again actually. Went in with very little expectations and a slight buzz and ended up really syncing with the mood and pace of the thing.

I also liked Limits of Control more than most, but I get the dislike.

circa1916, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link

including Ghost Dog

― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^looking for a suit and tie rap

normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 04:24 (eight years ago) link

I went in expecting not to like it and was pleasantly surprised.

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:58 (Yesterday) Permalink

this! it was good, a few on-the-noise jack white references aside.

wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 06:19 (eight years ago) link

vampire one was definitely the best of these later films, but it wasn't exactly great

― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this, if you deem the later films to begin with coffee and cigarettes, as i do

normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link

four months pass...

seeing this tonight at NYFF after all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8pGJBgiiDU

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link

The trailer for Gimme Danger went up on youtube last week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Po8nz1eEsU

PappaWheelie V, Monday, 3 October 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link

ban talking heads in music docs imo

niels, Monday, 3 October 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link

Paterson among JJ's best imho!

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link

whoa

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link

keep in mind I only really like Down by Law and a couple others.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link

some nice NJ cultural shoutouts, not jus William Carlos Williams.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link

i'll probably dig it anyway but that's a solid recommendation imo

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link

Variety's hook for a JJ interview is, of course, he's never seen some space epic

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jim-jarmusch-on-boycotting-star-wars-bringing-paterson-to-cannes-1201776665/

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link

Fred Elmes in brilliant form with the images btw. Critical roundup:

https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-nyff-2016-jim-jarmuschs-paterson

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link

Looking forward to this. I've enjoyed a lot of Jarmusch films, though Stranger Than Paradise has always been my pick. The way the above describes Paterson, it seems similar to how I'd describe STP.

Dominique, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link

For the French readers: there's a huge career spanning interview with some new Nan Goldin portrait shots in this month's Cahiers.

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link

Also looking forward to seeing what he did with my hometown in "Paterson".

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link

better use of falls / Lou Costello statue than The Sopranos

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link

my fave Jarmusch are Down by Law + Dead Man but most of his stuff is at least enjoyable. Only a couple are outright bad. So I'm looking forward to this.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link

I'll pass on Paterson; I can't stand Adam Driver. His only redeeming quality is that he's not Michael Cera.

The Stooges documentary could be interesting - I mean, Fun House is probably the greatest rock album of all time - but I'm worried because both the Asheton brothers are dead, which leaves the story in Iggy's hands, and he was referring to the Stooges as "my band" as far back as the '70s.

Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link

Driver definitively illustrates that he is not the Girls schmuck in this.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link

I've never seen Girls.

Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link

what did you hate him in? that last Baumbach film was not good.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link

I'm sorry to have to let you know his highest-profile role is in Star Wars

dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link

well i was assuming perhaps naively that people would judge him on an acting appearance.

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link

btw history sez they are Iggy's band, deal with it

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

Paterson is really wonderful.

Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 28 November 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link

Stooges doc was surprisingly shoddily made. Parts with Iggy talking were good but the whole design and editing of the movie was very much cheap VH1 rockumentary.

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 28 November 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link

talking heads format in the trailer put me off

niels, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:35 (seven years ago) link

six months pass...

“For some time now, Jim Jarmusch has been operating as an autocritical dialectician in his fictional features,” writes Jonathan Rosenbaum for the new issue of Trafic. “Politically as well as commercially, The Limits of Control [2009] offers a sharp rebuke to his preceding film, Broken Flowers [2005],” and he elaborates. “But even more striking is the radical contrast between Jarmusch’s most elitist feature (and in many ways my least favorite), Only Lovers Left Alive [2013] . . . and Jarmusch’s most populist feature (and one of my favorites), Paterson [2016].”

https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2017/06/jarmsuchs-lost-america-the-pleasures-of-paterson/

spoilers within

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 June 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link

one year passes...

from Film Comment:

Jim Jarmusch is filming The Dead Don’t Die, a “zombie comedy,” in upstate New York, with a cohort of actors both familiar in the director’s oeuvre (Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi) and new (Selena Gomez). Just don’t call it a zom-com, please.

the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link

Sounds great

I should get around to Patterson i suppose

Οὖτις, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link

Eh

flappy bird, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

you're eh

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 July 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link

I’m usually slow to getting around to his latest releases but rally the only one that I didn’t like at all was that assassin one.

Οὖτις, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link

(Not Ghost Dog, the other one)

Οὖτις, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link

Only Lovers Left Alive? was he an assassin in that or just a stoned vampire

flappy bird, Monday, 16 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link

The Limits of Control, right? v forgettable

the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 July 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link

Yes that one

Vampire one was great

Οὖτις, Monday, 16 July 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link

paterson was really nice, i'm still mad about how shitty the stooges documentary was though

na (NA), Monday, 16 July 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link

I was sure Paterson was gonna suck (I hate Adam Driver) but it was really good. I know I saw The Limits of Control but I have absolutely no memory of it. Only Lovers Left Alive was better than it should have been. I'm not going anywhere near this zombie thing, though.

grawlix (unperson), Monday, 16 July 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link

^^ co-sign

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 July 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link

Paterson is Jarmusch's best film, imo.

Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 July 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link

His last two are.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 July 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link

I really loved Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law (and Broken Flowers to some extent), but I think I agree the last two are the best

Dan S, Monday, 16 July 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link

I've liked a couple of the recent films, but I don't think they're anywhere near as good as Stranger Than Paradise.

clemenza, Monday, 16 July 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link

will have to see it again, it's been forever

Dan S, Monday, 16 July 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link

eff off with the zombie crap.

Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Monday, 16 July 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link


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