1/28/2024 0 Comments Iggy pop dead man![]() There’s the singing woman sat in an alley wearing a nighty, her face smeared with lipstick, and Allie’s mother’s roomy who seems to laugh at everything that’s said. Throughout, there is something quite haunting and surreal about the film. At times it really does look like a warzone. ![]() The demolished building in which our protagonist talks with a Vietnam war veteran who lives amongst the rubble The mental institution in which Aloysius visits his mother the small apartment that seems to be the closest thing to home for Allie even the streets themselves, beautifully filthy with garbage and debris, offer a view of a very fascinating side to New York during that period. Jarmusch’s first film is excellently shot in some incredible New York locations. If it takes him away from the city he loves, then so be it. With no ambitions to march to, Allie goes where the drift takes him. It’s beautifully shot in a mixture of noir and minimalist styles, and really well put together in a series of short scenes.Īloysius (Chris Parker), a young New York hipster type, drifts from place to place meeting all sorts of characters the city has to offer. However, for me at least, these things make the film the showpiece that it is. There’s awkward human interaction, typical Jarmusch scenes in which we are put into a room with two people who say nothing at all, and a large number of static shots. ![]() The way the shots are framed and put together is seemingly so simple, but infinitely effective to the viewer. Her stay begins in a hostile environment, but her quiet charm eventually wins Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) over, and takes them on a journey, to the tune of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, through snow covered Cleveland and the paradise that is Florida.Ī classic film and a must watch for all aspiring filmmakers. Willie (John Lurie), a gambling slacker from New York, receives a surprise visit from his young, impulsive cousin from Budapest, Eva (Eszter Balint). The soundtrack is absolutely magnificent as well. The performances are dazzling and true to form. On top of the performances, we see from John Hurt’s dying old vampire, Marlowe Mia Wasikowska’s performance as Eve’s liability of a kid sister Ava, and Anton Yelchin’s stoner-like fanboy, Ian. Hiddleston and Swinton’s performances are riveting. As always there’s wit and fluidity in both story and dialogue a classic script from Jarmusch once again that also contains some beautiful lines of philosophy. The way it’s shot is stunningly beautiful, even without the consideration that it’s set in Detroit. Eve, a freer spirit than Adam, moves back to Detroit to comfort her husband, but a series of events challenge even her sanity. He sits in his derelict home in Detroit making dark and ominous music, hiding from his young ‘zombie’ fans (zombies being what he calls the inferior human race), and longing for his wife, Eve (Tilda Swinton). Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a depressed recluse. Set mostly in Detroit and a little in Tangiers, Only Lovers Left Alive is a story of two Vampires who have been married for centuries, living through generation to generation. ![]() Like all followers of Jarmusch’s work, I had waited a long time for the release of this movie. There are three more vignettes on top of all that, one of them containing a stunning situation with Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan. There’s wit and charm as we’re taken into awkward exchanges between Jarmusch regulars like Iggy Pop and the legendary Tom Waits, Isaach De Bankole and Alex Descas, Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright, and the best of them all, Bill Murray, RZA and GZA. Like Night On Earth, its simplicity adds to its brilliance. Structured in the same episodic manner as Night On Earth, Coffee & Cigarettes has a premise just as simple, if not simpler: celebrities playing themselves and conversing awkwardly over, you guessed it, coffee and cigarettes. With a perfect combination of real life influence and cinematic pastiche, Jarmusch finds a balance that has kept us entertained for over two decades a true storyteller. It’s a stylized world that divides the opinions of viewers constantly, frustrating some and leaving others in complete harmony. From the casting, to the scripts, to the near perfect soundtracks, Jarmusch has established a style for himself over the years and created his own world within his filmography. A cult figure in the Independent world, Jarmusch is famous for his use of dry wit and his realist take on awkward human interactions.
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