Jarmusch in a sentence

Jarmusch recalls a moment with his old friend and collaborator, Waits, as one that crystallised that in-the-moment magic of making music.

Some of the best Amazon Prime Video original films are on the level with theatrical Hollywood productions, and big-name directors like Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch have worked with the studio.

Director Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy is this week's big question mark.

No, there's a lowdown elegance to songs like "Sugar Me and the Boy" and "Maybe Tonight," a restrained noir element that's as in keeping with Jarmusch's black-and-white films as it is with Sun Records' heyday.

These have been imitated so widely, the zombie genre is now close to exhaustion —though this is not a problem for Jarmusch who likes his premises threadbare, all the better to distil them into absurdist ritual.

Writer & director Jarmusch isn’t so much interested in zombies as the people who must contend with them.

Sure, there’s a story here (kind of) but this is quintessential Jarmusch—you’re not really here for that.

A behind-the-scenes documentary, Behind Jim Jarmusch, was filmed over three days on the set of the film in Seville by director Léa Rinaldi.

After being asked to leave due to neglecting to take any journalism courses – Jarmusch favored literature and art history – he transferred to Columbia University the following year, with the intention of becoming a poet.

A retrospective of the director's films was hosted at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during February 1994, and another, "The Sad and Beautiful World of Jim Jarmusch", by the American Film Institute in August 2005.

Despite his enthusiasm for film, Jarmusch was an avid reader in his youth and had a greater interest in literature, which was encouraged by his grandmother.

During his final year at Columbia, Jarmusch moved to Paris for what was initially a summer semester on an exchange program, but this turned into ten months.

Films such as Dead Man and Limits of Control have polarized fans and general viewers alike, as Jarmusch's stylistic instinct is embedded in his strong sense of independence.

In an interview early in his career, he stated that his goal was "to approximate real time for the audience." citation Jarmusch's early work is marked by a brooding, contemplative tone, featuring extended silent scenes and prolonged still shots.

Jarmusch has revealed that his instinct is a greater influence during the filmmaking process than any cognitive processes.

Jarmusch is also featured on the album Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture (2005) in two interludes described by Sean Fennessy in a Pitchfork review of the album as both "bizarrely pretentious" and "reason alone to give it a listen".

Jarmusch (left) and Isaach de Bankolé (right) promoting The Limits of Control at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in September 2009.

Jarmusch's fascination for music is another characteristic that is readily apparent in his work.

Jim Jarmusch directed a promotional music video for the song. citation Waits also collaborated with photographer Sylvia Plachy in the same year; her book Sylvia Plachy's Unguided Tour includes a short Waits record to accompany the photographs and text.

The interaction and syntheses between different cultures, the arbitrariness of national identity, and irreverence towards ethnocentric, patriotic or nationalistic sentiment are recurring themes in Jarmusch's work.