A Japanese teenage couple on a pilgrimage to Presley’s grave and Sun studios; an Italian taking her husband’s coffin back to Rome, forced to share a room with a garrulous American fleeing her boyfriend; and an English ‘Elvis’, out of work, luck in love and his head as he cruises round town with a black friend, a brother-in-law, and a gun… Three oddball tales centered on a single seedy Memphis hotel, gorgeously shot by the great Robby Muller, and featuring a memorably spare, atmospheric score by John Lurie. This may be the most accessible and purely enjoyable of Jarmusch’s movies (and surely planted a few seeds in Quentin Tarantino’s mind).
Also showing: Down By Law. Screening in VIFF: Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.
Jim Jarmusch
Joe Strummer, Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits
USA
1989
In English and Japanese with English subtitles
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Credits
Screenwriter
Jim Jarmusch
Cinematography
Robby Muller
Editor
Melody London
Original Music
John Lurie
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