maybe it's the rain
I've been wanting to write a short review of Jim Jarmusch's latest road movie Broken Flowers. But nah, too tedious. I thought about writing something on Ryu Murakami (that other Murakami) whose 80s novel 69 just got translated in English. But nah, too lazy. Next time.
It's been a slow week, trying and with one too many heavy conversations about... I think I shall let this picture of a fellow weary train commuter do the talking instead.
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heard this movie called "thumbsucker" is really good! should hv watched on plane instead of broken flowers. it even has tilda swinton in it!
The last Jarmusch film i saw was Coffee & Cigarettes where people sat around drinking coffee, (and yes,) smoking cigarettes and chatting. Nothing much happens, and sometimes, the characters don't even say very much to each other. But i suppose its in the absence of things done/said that we gather much about the characters/life/etc.
samuraibunny - for a Jarmusch film where a bit more happens, try Ghostdog.
But after a while, the more I asked the film questions, the more empty it seemed. Not because nothing happened, but rather too many things happened - all the quirky dysfunctionalities of the characters were expected, fast and funny - yet none mattered.
I'm not sure, though, if Jarmusch was deliberate with this 2-dimensional cleverness. What broken flowers? I guess if flowers were plastic, they might break. But I would rather have them wilt.
SB - you can also try Dead Man! nothing much happens in this mock-western. But there's johnny depp ;>
(i actually fell asleep during Broken Flowers a bit - just got off flight lah!)