Jim Jarmusch

Dead Man, Mystery Train, Down by Law

·      Broken people trying rediscovering themselves

·      Black and white for 2 of the films, likes to work in both

·      He also plays a lot with Cinematography holding shots that are traveling, and the shots on the characters leaves you to not have bias towards the characters.  With these long shots they also make you stay on the characters longer even in a jail cell or when having sex they make you uncomfortable.

·      Jim uses music to push the narrative and shot cuts sometimes

·      The main characters all get themselves in these weird uncomfortable scenarios that they have to break out of or escape or keeping movie forward

·      We see in all 3 films the character have a fantasy of what they want and expect in life, but then we see the true reality of the situation and what they get in return

·      The characters come from a place in which they were living comfortable lives, and then they come to a distant area and have to survive this new foreign territory ex. Japan to Tennessee, Michigan to the great west, and New Orleans City to the New Orleans Prison

·      The characters are unsatisfied with the reality they had and that’s why they go (or be taken) to a new setting. Many of the settings are in lower economic status and it shows you that they are in a bubble like a suburbia

·      The settings from each movie have been all drained of any beauty and hope

o   The movies tone of each movie seems very discouraging

o   But there is a slight humor in seeing the their expectation and seeing the reality, it feels like a sick joke in a way

·      The characters all seem to have an innocence in them and passion, which makes them admirable in that way

o   But the people they come across are so bitter and sinister that it challenges the main character and their morale

·      When we do travel we are unsure where they will end up next, and it’s concerning because they could end up somewhere even worse than before

·      Film Noir, it’s about losers and theses characters are down in there luck

·      Language Barrier force you to communicate and they push you to get out of your bubble

·      Deserted towns and places is important and as well as the characters don’t strive to be changed based on the situation and the environment that’s when they adapt.