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
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
“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
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
that was addressed to the world.
xp I remember at the time an older artist friend, an idol of mine, thought that Stranger Than Paradise might have been just about the best movie of all time
― Dan S, Monday, 16 July 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
(xpost) I saw it five years ago (checked back in the last-x thread; can we start a new one? it's an ordeal checking 5,000+ posts) and thought it held up very well. I don't know if I can think of another film with a better control of deadpan.
― clemenza, Monday, 16 July 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
Stranger Than Paradise is definitely his best film - I've never seen anything else like it - and Down By Law is right up there.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 16 July 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
Kinda broad, but hey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs5ZOcU6Bnw
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
Came to post that too...Some good deadpan in there, but it'd have to be really, really funny, I would think, to justify an idea that's been done to death.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
(And if not that, have the greatest soundtrack ever.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link
man, Stranger Than Paradise blows. Permanent Vacation is better in every way: compelling lead, interesting score, more variety in the vignettes, beautiful no budget cinematography. STP... Lurie is fine, the girl is good, but Edson is annoying as fuck. fedoras and no style, whereas the kid in PV has so much more range and does a lot more with nothing. anyone know if the final shot is an explicit reference to News From Home or was that ferry shot fairly common?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Love Stranger Than Paradise--when it came out, 10 times since, and again when I watched it last year. I can't think of another film that sustains deadpan humour so perfectly for 90 minutes.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Which is exactly what I said six posts ago last year...I need new words.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link