7 Essential Films by Jim Jarmusch, From 'Stranger Than Paradise' to 'Paterson'

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7 Essential Films by Jim Jarmusch, From 'Stranger Than Paradise' to 'Paterson'
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Spend some time with the master of cool.

Jim Jarmusch helped reinvent independent American cinema in the 80s and 90s, creating a signature style of mellow, ultra-hip films about slackers and misfits. His obsession with music, films, culture, and philosophy is incomparable, and he accomplishes the tricky task of blending seemingly incongruous pieces of culture together seamlessly. He's worked closely with esteemed musicians such as Tom Waits and Wu-Tang Clan’s the RZA, as well as high-profile film stars .

Dead Man The psychedelic-western Dead Man follows accountant William Blake as he makes his way across a bizarre 1800s America. He soon befriends an indigenous man named Nobody , who helps him on his journey. Along the way, the two encounter a diverse cast of sex workers, lawmen, outlaws, vagabonds, and missionaries. Jarmusch acknowledges the tropes and expectations of the typical western film and fully avoids them. Dead Man is a cerebral, monochromatic reinterpretation of the genre.

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai In Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Jarmusch reimagines John-Pierre Melville’s Le Samourai as a 90’s American mob film, mixing in elements of Japanese samurai philosophy, hip-hop culture, and cartoons along the way. Forest Whitaker plays the titular Ghost Dog, an enigmatic mafia hitman who operates according to the ancient code of the samurai. After Ghost Dog is tasked with a risky hit, the precarious balance of his life threatens to topple over.

Paterson In practically any of Jarmusch’s films, it’s easy to see the director’s appreciation of poetry, but never has it been more clear than when the director shifts gear into Paterson. Paterson is a bus driver in Paterson, NJ who spends his life in a series of completely ordinary days with little distinction between them. In his free time, he consumes poetry and tries his hand at writing it himself. It's a story of deceptive simplicity, with much poignancy hidden beneath its many layers.

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