Tuesday, October 02, 2007
THE SAME
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was Jim Jarmusch'
This is a series of sketches strung together. The bottom up view of Jarmusch.
Each scene is stitched to the next. One camera position. Go to black and then the next scene.
At one point a character says something like 'Cleveland looks like just where we come from'. That would be Newark or some place in the broken down metroplex.
It looks the same when they eventually get to Florida too.
There are many many dead pan jokes and situations.
It is hilarious.
Here are three people who are going nowhere and at the same time fully inhabit the space that they are in.
Oh. I forgot to include the Hungarian aunt in Cleveland. A great bit.
Jarmusch is totally unique.
I liked it a lot.
Oh. I didn't tell you the plot?
Go see.
It will get a 4 out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films
