this was only my second exposure to jarmusch after ghost dog. i thought it was so dreadful and tedious. to me it was laughable that these characters were supposed to be cool. all they did was namedrop and use their vampire powers to do things well. i'm astounded that so few critics found this movie similarly awful.
― fennel cartwright, Saturday, 24 May 2014 10:22 (nine years ago) link
it's the viiiibe, man
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 May 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
I'm not much of a Jarmusch fan beyond Stranger Than Paradise, which probably set me up well for liking Only Lovers Left Alive more than I thought I would. Seemed to be about a few things simultaneously: junk, Detroit, the end of history. (Also thought it might have been about Jim Morrison--what he might be up to today if, you know--but that's my own projection.) Thought it was great getting in a few seconds of Charlie Feathers' original "I Can't Hardly Stand It," because--honest truth--I was thinking ahead of that that this was a film Lux Interior might have liked. (I wish there'd been more than a few seconds, though.) Tilda Swinton gets off one terrifically funny line; if you've seen the film, you'll know which line I mean. I would have liked a longer look at Tom Hiddleston's wall of I-don't-have-heroes--only managed to pick out Keaton, Joe Strummer, Kafka, and Einstein.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
some of those are billed via photographer credits at the end. like: claire denis.
― schlump, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
Missed that, and I stayed for the credits to find out who did the old soul song Tilda Swinton danced to (Denise LaSalle).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
loved the wanda jackson too
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:56 (nine years ago) link
Yes. I was a little confused when that played--didn't know the song, and felt a disconnect between the 45 spinning and what seemed like something weird and relatively recent. Never would have guessed in a million years it was Wanda Jackson.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
so the last film of his I really enjoyed was Dead Man, Ghost Dog was ok, and I've pretty much hated everything since. Is this new one worth checking out or is it terrible?
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
I'll probably watch on Saturday but have held out because, yes, I've always been skeptical of Jarmusch.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Permanent Vacation was quite a slog. I liked how it felt a little like science-fiction, and the symmetry with the French guy at the end made an obvious point well. Maybe it would have worked with a lead character who was engaging rather than annoying. Something I couldn't understand: The Savage Innocents (which I haven't seen) is playing at the movies, but from the lobby you can hear Morricone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
― clemenza, Friday, 25 July 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah i was not so into 'only lovers', idk it's v nearly a good concept but it's also very nearly like a precocious sophomores creative writing project
― johnny crunch, Friday, 19 December 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
GHOST...DOG?
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:36 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
HE SAID GHOST DOG!
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Saturday, 20 December 2014 03:49 (nine years ago) link
I'd have to see the movie again to be sure but I think it's a cover of Funnel of Love by Jarmusch's band Squrl that plays in that scene
it's more slowed down and tripped out than the Wanda Jackson version
― dmr, Saturday, 20 December 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
Not to reiterate what everyone knows by now, but Only Lovers Left Alive was really good! For a vampire movie directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Tilda Swinton this was a lot more...playful, I guess, than I ever would have expected, to the point that the occasional dour spots were my biggest problem with the film. This is the first Swinton performance I've genuinely liked, too--her androgynous ice-queen act does nothing for me, and I wasn't even that much of a fan of the well-regarded I Am Love. Funny that it took a vampire for her to get a role with an actual pulse. Would have liked a bit more of John Hurt's Marlowe, though.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Monday, 12 January 2015 02:09 (nine years ago) link
saw OLLA last night - pretty good, a bit lifeless (*rimshot*) and I didn't laugh much, apart from the final shot. Several really beautiful sequences, especially the opening and the cruising around Detroit stuff, but the general approach (vampires as junkies!) and lack of any real conflict until the final third made it feel listless.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 April 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
yes, Paterson references William Carlos Williams
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-cannes-2016-jim-jarmuschs-paterson
https://vimeo.com/165056550
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
Adam Driver also on tap in new Scorsese, Gilliam, Soderbergh films
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 May 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
dude is def having a moment
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 May 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Paterson is a great location, I hope it was actually filmed there.
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 16 May 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
from the clips, looks like it is
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 16 May 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jim-jarmuschs-gimme-danger-cannes-895695
New movie doc on Iggy and the Stooges, from him also
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Read someone on Facebook who had been at Cannes, say the Iggy doc was decent but not great.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Can believe it
― The Wally Funk Bible (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
decent but not great
describes every Jim Jarmusch project since Ghost Dog
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
including Ghost Dog
but no, Limits of Control was submediocre
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
Limits of Control was def below par
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
i enjoyed the vampire one quite a bit
― circa1916, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
looks like Paterson could be a throwback to early minimalist/kitchen-sink JJ (only in color)
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
I'm amazed that I gave the vampire one (which I liked) a chance after Limits of Control.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:55 (seven 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, 24 May 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
I went in expecting not to like it and was pleasantly surprised.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
vampire movie was really good imo
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 03:37 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
― 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 (seven years ago) link
I went in expecting not to like it and was pleasantly surprised.― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:58 (Yesterday) Permalink
― 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 (seven years ago) link
― 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 (seven years ago) link
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