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

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.

some of those are billed via photographer credits at the end. like: claire denis.

Missed that, and I stayed for the credits to find out who did the old soul song Tilda Swinton danced to (Denise LaSalle).

loved the wanda jackson too

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.

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?

I'll probably watch on Saturday but have held out because, yes, I've always been skeptical of Jarmusch.

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."

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

GHOST...DOG?

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:36 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

HE SAID GHOST DOG!

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.

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

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.

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.

yes, Paterson references William Carlos Williams

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

https://vimeo.com/165056550

Adam Driver also on tap in new Scorsese, Gilliam, Soderbergh films

dude is def having a moment

Paterson is a great location, I hope it was actually filmed there.

from the clips, looks like it is

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jim-jarmuschs-gimme-danger-cannes-895695

New movie doc on Iggy and the Stooges, from him also

Read someone on Facebook who had been at Cannes, say the Iggy doc was decent but not great.

Can believe it

decent but not great

describes every Jim Jarmusch project since Ghost Dog

including Ghost Dog

but no, Limits of Control was submediocre

Limits of Control was def below par

i enjoyed the vampire one quite a bit

looks like Paterson could be a throwback to early minimalist/kitchen-sink JJ (only in color)

I'm amazed that I gave the vampire one (which I liked) a chance after Limits of Control.

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

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

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

vampire movie was really good imo

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.

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

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.

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

seeing this tonight at NYFF after all

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

The trailer for Gimme Danger went up on youtube last week

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

ban talking heads in music docs imo

Paterson among JJ's best imho!

whoa

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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.

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

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

better use of falls / Lou Costello statue than The Sopranos

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.