Jim Jarmusch -- Why I Think He's a Great Director, and His Best Films

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  • Опубликовано: 14 авг 2023
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  • @maynardwayward12
    @maynardwayward12 10 месяцев назад +8

    He's one of my favourite filmmakers ever. My life would be poorer without his movies. Can't believe he's 70.

  • @crystalstanley4960
    @crystalstanley4960 10 месяцев назад +7

    I wish you had gone a bit deeper with Only Lovers Left Alive. Magical, stylish, unique, strangely humorous -- my first and still favorite Jarmusch. Absolutely nothing else like it.

  • @colinneighbers4741
    @colinneighbers4741 11 месяцев назад +9

    I feel like Jarmusch has to be a huge Melville fan. Limits of Control and Ghost Dog have so many shots that are extremely reminiscent of Le Samouraï.

  • @ronbock8291
    @ronbock8291 11 месяцев назад +3

    Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Ghost Dog, Dead Man, and a shockingly beautiful late addition that might be my all time Jarmusch fave, Paterson.

  • @Ciretako
    @Ciretako 11 месяцев назад +7

    I love Jim Jarmusch's movies 🥺

  • @howardvenze9956
    @howardvenze9956 11 месяцев назад +2

    Jim Jarmush's appearance in Blue in the Face was great.

  • @fv5681
    @fv5681 10 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome overview! Jarmusch films have endless watchability and such unique style. He is one of the greats!

  • @dmk5n1
    @dmk5n1 10 месяцев назад +2

    I liked his cameo in Sling Blade, too.

  • @CcJjGg_
    @CcJjGg_ 11 месяцев назад +2

    Fan of all his work but my top five are
    1. Stranger than paradise
    2. Dead Man
    3. Night on Earth
    4. Ghost Dog
    5. Broken Flowers

  • @thanabhodi
    @thanabhodi 11 месяцев назад +1

    I have been waiting for this. One of my fav directors!

  • @samovrednocitanja185
    @samovrednocitanja185 11 месяцев назад +4

    I feel that Jarmusch is like Godard in a sense that there is no definite best movie by him. Everyone has their opinion wheter certain movie is good or not.

    • @clumsydad7158
      @clumsydad7158 10 месяцев назад

      i kinda felt a bit of that vibe watching this summary as well

  • @Xylus.
    @Xylus. 10 месяцев назад +3

    Found your channel about a month ago. So glad you did a video about Jarmusch. One of my favorites, and Dead Man is his best in my opinion.
    Got any tobacco?

    • @MarioGaab
      @MarioGaab 5 месяцев назад

      I don’t smoke 😊

  • @alistairwood9853
    @alistairwood9853 10 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic piece - thanks for doing this. I’m a huge fan of Dead Man and Patterson, so much more to catch up with!

  • @bookerbooker6317
    @bookerbooker6317 10 месяцев назад +1

    My faves are Paterson, Only Lovers Left Alive, and Dead Man ... but I'll check out your recommendations!

  • @maciek8159
    @maciek8159 11 месяцев назад +1

    Just watched down by law for the first time two days ago.

  • @VanillaCocoShow
    @VanillaCocoShow 11 месяцев назад +1

    great vid, love your channel, very well spoken. I wish more were interested in these older directors and their films.

  • @satyarthsingh2276
    @satyarthsingh2276 11 месяцев назад +1

    adore Jarmusch so much, great video!

  • @Dr_C_Smith
    @Dr_C_Smith 9 дней назад

    If all he ever made was Ghost Dog, he would be one of my favorite directors.
    Spare a thought for his acting as well, especially his turns in _Sling Blade_ , _Leningrad Cowboys Go America_ and _Blue in the Face_.

  • @hvxjim1
    @hvxjim1 10 месяцев назад +1

    I loved ghost dog. Also, mystery train and dead man.

  • @davidmcmaster2083
    @davidmcmaster2083 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Dead Don't Die cracks me up. Why it gets shit on is a mystery to me. People seem to not dig the fact that it's self aware. Didn't hear any whining about that when Monty Python indulged in it. There are a couple I can't get into., but Dead Don't Die ain't one of em. It's infinitely more entertaining than WWZ.

  • @malayneum
    @malayneum 10 месяцев назад +3

    hi sir. can you review Woman in the Dunes (1964)

    • @LearningaboutMovies
      @LearningaboutMovies  10 месяцев назад +1

      it's on the list, though not near the top of it. Stick with the channel and we'll get there!

  • @jayxavier6930
    @jayxavier6930 10 месяцев назад

    12:25 Wasn't the two espressos a signal for his contacts to identify him? Sort of left unmentioned, but it's the interpretation that suggests itself to me, at least...

  • @nickbirkhead7238
    @nickbirkhead7238 10 месяцев назад

    Jarmusch made so many great films, but Permanent Vacation really struck a chord with me somehow, just very lyrical thought provoking, poetic, with an interesting, enigmatic character.. an underrated film

  • @thesilveraries
    @thesilveraries 11 месяцев назад +2

    i loved only lovers left alive

    • @LearningaboutMovies
      @LearningaboutMovies  11 месяцев назад +1

      I think a lot of people will for sure.

    • @stevef4010
      @stevef4010 11 месяцев назад +1

      Me too. Mesmerizing characters and mood. Watched a few times

  • @vishnu2407
    @vishnu2407 10 месяцев назад

    One of my favourite directors, if not my favourite

  • @ludwigbooth4882
    @ludwigbooth4882 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ghost Dog rules....

  • @DukeVega
    @DukeVega 10 месяцев назад

    That's Dash X from Eerie, Indiana!

  • @igorknezovic3967
    @igorknezovic3967 10 месяцев назад

    Awsome! Should we mention Aki Kaurismäki's movies here? We could, influence is obvious and the esthetics are similarly beautiful (Ariel (1988), The Match Factory Girl (1990), The Man Without a Past (2002)...) I recommend this movies highly ;)

  • @clumsydad7158
    @clumsydad7158 10 месяцев назад

    great job - idk a lot about jarmusch, but this was a good overview ... i watched a bit of C&C one time and didn't quite get into it. i like paterson as well & driver was pretty solid in that role. i also felt like u re: broken flowers - just a bit too one note/meh from murray.

  • @shankola
    @shankola 2 месяца назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @stevef4010
    @stevef4010 11 месяцев назад +2

    I saw Dead Man before I knew who Jim Jarmusch was. Great soundtrack by Neil Young too.
    That inspired me to see his other movies. It was downhill from there because I think that's his best film.
    But I also really liked
    Only Lovers Left alive
    Broken flowers
    Patterson
    Ghost dog was ok. Similar thoughts to below.
    Limits of control was ok. The cinematography and performances were good. Knowing it was kind of a middle finger to the action movie genre., I take it as a parody mostly. The final scene with Bill Murray was good,but you can watch it on fast forward.
    I was disappointed in the early movies. Maybe they were over-hyped, but unmemorable for me. Didn't like John Laurie or Bertolini and maybe that was part of it.
    I didn't see the last one, because it got awful reviews,but maybe I should.

    • @LearningaboutMovies
      @LearningaboutMovies  11 месяцев назад +1

      this is great. Jarmusch's filmography offers different flavors to different people. As one commenter said, he doesn't have one "must-see" movie. You have to try about five at least, and in the end you'll find the 3-4 that you love.

    • @stevef4010
      @stevef4010 11 месяцев назад

      @@LearningaboutMovies Very true. Even his "best" movies are not for everyone, which I completely understand. Same for Kubrick.

  • @enervatedmind
    @enervatedmind 11 месяцев назад +1

    Josh i have a film i want to recommend it for you it’s Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa would love to hear your opinion on it and if possible a full study

    • @colinneighbers4741
      @colinneighbers4741 11 месяцев назад +1

      Just watched this last weekend and it’s easily the best non American horror film I’ve ever seen

  • @deanjgn666666
    @deanjgn666666 2 месяца назад

    mate you forget pemanent vacation. worth mentioning as its among its best film

    • @LearningaboutMovies
      @LearningaboutMovies  2 месяца назад

      I don't remember if I did a rundown of all of Jarmusch's films, or just what I think his best are. In the latter case, I would not have mentioned "Permanent Vacation," an acquired taste for most I think.

  • @cruddddddddddddddd
    @cruddddddddddddddd 11 месяцев назад

    I'm a fan. I also get the comparison to the Coens. I really like his style. But, for whatever reason, I thought Jarmusch was Canadian? lol

    • @stevef4010
      @stevef4010 11 месяцев назад

      Gary Farmer and Neil young from Dead Man are Canadian.

    • @clumsydad7158
      @clumsydad7158 10 месяцев назад

      yeah, the coen comparison made sense, framed the discussion well

  • @SoldierSunday
    @SoldierSunday 10 месяцев назад

    is the discord server still up?

  • @MatheusOliveira-fy1gk
    @MatheusOliveira-fy1gk 11 месяцев назад +2

    My Top 5:
    Dead Man
    Paterson
    Only Lovers Left Alive
    Mystery Train
    Ghost Dog

  • @autofocus4556
    @autofocus4556 9 месяцев назад

    Paterson is one of his best.

  • @Chandler_strickland002
    @Chandler_strickland002 10 месяцев назад

    To get into Jarmusch I tried to watch Dead man because 1.I’m a Johnny Depp fan and 2. I like westerns
    Well,unfortunately something caused me to become derailed and I lost interest in the movie after that
    I never once tried watching it all the way
    I did watch Ghost dog:way of the samurai though and now I own it on criterion

  • @erich5686
    @erich5686 8 месяцев назад

    Yeah, The Dead Don't Die was a real masterpiece..

  • @MattPurvis-gt3ww
    @MattPurvis-gt3ww 11 месяцев назад

    Coffee and Cigarettes, anyone?

  • @reformational
    @reformational 11 месяцев назад

    I was really inspired by his films, tho I thought coffee&cigarettes was a major disappointment. Skip that one!

    • @clumsydad7158
      @clumsydad7158 10 месяцев назад +1

      i watched some of it and didn't quite get into it either