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Subject: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:40 am
Jim Jarmusch
One of my favorite director. I love all his movies. I love this way he has to tell very simple stories without been boring. There is always perfect humour, perfect dialogues, perfect natural acting, perfect music, perfect atmosphere and this little jazzzy touch that only he can do
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy ('Chris Parker' )whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.
His first movie. Also his less good. Only to be watched if you are a fan. It's more slow and more dark than what he did after. But you can recognise the style. So it is like a preview of his future master work
This is about a self-styled New York hipster (John Lurie of the Lounge Lizards) who is paid a suprise and quite unwelcome visit by his pretty sixteen-year-old Hungarian cousin. From initial hostility and indifference a strange affection grows between the two exiles. Due to complete boredom they decide to visit their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to sunny Florida where they lose all their money and unwittingly gain a fortune. With a final ironic twist, they are at the end, back where they began.
Love this one, love the filming, the dialogues, the long scenes without been one second boring. ouhhhh I put a spell on you....
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:47 am
DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn't commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating -but rather more useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route
MASTERPIECE - Anyone who didn't see this movie should be a shame. Felt in love with it. Everything is brilliant, it's funny, touching, and rare, the actors are having sooo much fun, you can feel it all movie long, a pure pleisure to watch Brilliant soundtrack as well
A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America goes to Memphis because the male half of the couple emulates Carl Perkins. Chance encounters link three different stories in the city, with the common thread being the seedy hotel where they are all staying.
Love this one and the attachment you get of this couple, the scenes are all beautifull as usual with Jarmusch
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:00 pm
A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.
Love this one (for a change ) and especially this scene: one of my favorite dialogue in a movie. I laughed sooo much with that scene
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Yoyo: What's you name, man? Helmut Grokenberger: Helmut Grokenberger. [pointing to his cab license] Helmut Grokenberger: Here, you can read it. That's me. Yoyo: Helmet? Helmut Grokenberger: Helmut. Yoyo: That's your name? Helmut Grokenberger: Yeah. Yoyo: Ha ha ha ha ha. That's a fucked up name to be namin' your kid! Helmet! See, 'cause in English, a helmet would be like, you know, like something you would wear on your head, you know? You a... a helmet! Ha ha ha! In English, that would be like callin' your kid, uh, "Lampshade" or some shit like that: 'Hey, Lampshade! Come here and clean up your room!' Ha ha ha ha ha! Helmut Grokenberger: So, what's your name? Yoyo: Yoyo. Helmut Grokenberger: What? Yoyo: Yoyo. That's my name. Helmut Grokenberger: ...is Ihr Name? Yoyo: What? Yoyo. Helmut Grokenberger: Yoyo. Yoyo. [laughing] Helmut Grokenberger: Yoyo. Yoyo, das ist Spielzeug für Kinder. Yoyo: It ain't got nothin' to do with that. It's my name. Yoyo. Helmut Grokenberger: It's a toy for kids, Yoyo. Yoyo: Ain't got nothin' to do with that, man. Helmut Grokenberger: Okay. Your name Yoyo, my name Helmut. Yoyo, Helmut. It's good.
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:06 pm
Dead Man (1995)
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Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named "Nobody," who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.
My favorite one (equally with Down by Law I think). So many references and little touches in this movie. It's strange, original, funny, poetic. And Iggy Pop as Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko ha ha ha BRILLIANT
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:10 pm
In Jersey City, an African American hit man follows "Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai." He lives alone, in simplicity with homing pigeons for company, calling himself Ghost Dog. His master, who saved his life eight years ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss' daughter witnesses one of Ghost Dog's hits, he becomes expendable. The first victims are his birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he talks with his best friend, a French-speaking Haitian who sells ice cream in the park, and with a child with whom he discusses books. Can he stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?
Not his best, was a bit desapointed when I saw it but I have very high expectations with Jarmusch so it remains a very nice movie
A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide--all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be, if truly observed.
Not my favorite but the dialogues are amazing
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:25 pm
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present.
Really like this one too although, again it cannot bit Dead Man or Down by law (I wonder if it ever can ). But the story is really nice and Bill Murray is perfect
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:38 pm
He also made a short called INT Trailer Night You can see it here TOPIC
Also a documentary called Year of the Horse about Neil Young. Nice docu but you must like the music to watch it IMDB
And his next movie will be out it 2009, I talk about it HERE
o, and I added a little poll to see which one you like the most
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:41 am
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES!!!
no doubt!!! FTW!!!
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:12 am
Coffee and Cigarettes! But also broken flowers and stranger than paradise!
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:29 am
only seen broken flowers and ghost dog, liked them both a lot... (but prefering the soundstrack of ghost dog)
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:54 am
youtube-clips of the following are not viewable :
Permanent Vacation (1980) Down by Law (1986) Night on Earth (1991) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Broken Flowers (2005)
i myself only saw Broken Flowers, couple of time back not bad movie, but not enough to say it's the best i ever saw
i have Dead Man lying here though, on my local drivev
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:44 am
Kryll wrote:
youtube-clips of the following are not viewable :
Permanent Vacation (1980) Down by Law (1986) Night on Earth (1991) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Broken Flowers (2005)
Couldn't find the trailer from Permanent Vacation anymore but the others have been updated, they should work now
Kryll wrote:
i myself only saw Broken Flowers, couple of time back not bad movie, but not enough to say it's the best i ever saw
i have Dead Man lying here though, on my local drivev
You never saw Dead Man? Go watch it now Dead man is really good, almost like a mystical experience
Broken Flower is not his best movie imo, I like his earlier work much more
My order of preference:
Dead Man Down by Law (go watch it now, this movie is a pure pleisure, I adore this movie) Night on Earth Mystery Train Coffee and Cigarettes Broken Flowers Stranger Than Paradise Ghost Dog Permanent Vacation
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Subject: Re: Jim Jarmusch Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:49 am
okay, cool
thanks for the new embed's will check in a bit
for the moment too little time with school so will take a while before i'll get to see Dead Man
Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:40 am
). But the story is really nice and Bill Murray is perfect 
