Broken Flowers (2005)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates the man to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames, seeking answers.
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What critics compared Broken Flowers to
The "Saturday Night Live" alumnus began by experimenting with underplaying in a small supporting part in "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001), advanced the technique on a broad canvas as a lead in "Lost in Translation" (2003), for which he earned his first Oscar nod.
Lovingly photographed by Frederick Elmes (2005's " Broken Flowers ")?the sight of New York City existing in a warehouse, a zeppelin floating overhead, is something to behold?with the beautifully poignant song "Just a Little Person," written by Charlie Kaufman and performed by Deanna Storey, appearing multiple times as a sort of Greek chorus, "Synecdoche, New York" boldly and proudly makes a place for itself as a one-of-a-kind motion picture unlike anything else that has existed before.
If Dora was somewhat alarmed by Don's presence, Carmen (Jessica Lange, "Big Fish") is downright closed.
"Into the Wild," "The Straight Story," "The Darjeeling Limited" and "Broken Flowers" are some recent prestige examples (and Fox Searchlight's own "127 Hours" spent most of its screen time in the wilderness as well).
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Writer and director Jim Jarmusch ( Broken Flowers , The Limits of Control) has been nurturing Only Lovers Left Alive for seven years, and it shows the kind of creativity and perseverance that qualifies it to be on our early list as one of the Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2014.
But even when he flirts with conventional themes (“Coffee and Cigarettes”) or bold-faced names (Johnny Depp in “Dead Man,” Bill Murray in “Broken Flowers”), Jarmusch keeps his own, slyly deadpan voice intact.
Director Jim Jarmusch‘s (Broken Flowers, Dead Man) films have never been for everyone.
Trading Memphis for Detroit and Tangier, writer-director Jim Jarmusch (2005's " Broken Flowers ") has made a cool, laid-back, observational variation on his 1989 triptych, "Mystery Train."
Writer/director Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes) casts Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as the bloodsuckers trying to fill their time after so many centuries, like a couple of urban slackers doomed to faff for eternity.
Hipster filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Down by Law, Stranger Than Paradise, Broken Flowers ) is back in form and delivering cinematic cool with Only Lovers Left Alive, his first vampire foray.
Paterson is the 12th feature from indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Stranger Than Paradise and Dead Man) and takes his minimalist style to another level.
His characters are often loners ( Only Lovers Left Alive ), reprobates (Down by Law) or more often than not, misanthropes (Broken Flowers and Stranger than Paradise).
They have always operated on their own laconic timeline, whether John Lurie’s beat slacker from Stranger Than Paradise, Bill Murray’s baffled depressive from Broken Flowers or the vampire beauties of Only Lovers Left Alive.
With Paterson, he’s finally back with what may be his most accessible film since Broken Flowers.
Por ello me sorprende gratamente que algunas veces me interese lo que cuenta, como la comedia Broken flowers o la negra y lírica Ghost dog.
In two briskly paced hours, Jarmusch (“Ghost Dog,” “Broken Flowers”) condenses a week in their lives, structuring it like a free-form poem without rhyme and sometimes reason, but always with enormous heart.