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Revolver66

Clutter porn...vinyl, books,guitars, wires, knobs...and vampires! It meanders and takes its time (maybe the point of centuries-old beings) but is still very engaging. Jarmusch's love letter to music, literature and art.

I really liked this one.

Follow Ups:

Not to be judged - Dingojazz 18:23:32 05/19/14 (0)
as a "message" film. Rather it succeeds on it's bleakly shining surface. What if you had centuries to decide what to elect and select, driven only by your deepest needs/desires, what would be your interests, habits and choices in love? Once you have decided to create your own reality, how would it look? -One man's (director's) picks.

K.
I really, really wanted to like it�. but it dragged--- and I'm a guy who - tinear 12:44:54 05/11/14 (4)
likes the art genre of "slow film."
It also was, fatally so, pretentious. It had a sophomoric sense to it; the jokes about Marlowe, Shakespeare, and others quickly wore thin.
Both principals were fantastic; however, they just didn't have much to do. Jarmusch could do with a little injection of Tarantino dialogue talent. Nothing said in 2 hours was very clever or even interesting.
Louche isn't enough to carry a film.
- RE: I really, really wanted to like it�. but it dragged--- and I'm a guy who - Revolver66 09:28:45 05/12/14 (3)
  The pretentious dialogue may be playing into the film�s gentrification subtext. There is an air of superiority generated from the vampires� education, artistic sensibility, taste, affluence � wads of cash are readily produced for services.
  
  In an ironic sense, these immortals are always the �new� people, haughty types that price you out of your neighborhood. Jarmusch turns the genre on its head for an audience who think they�re too cool for it, yet, these �cool� vampires become representative of the qualities we dislike.
  - Actually, I think the vampire angle was an allegory for heroin addiction. nt - tinear 14:33:33 05/12/14 (2)
    dfs
    - RE: Actually, I think the vampire angle was an allegory for heroin addiction. nt - Revolver66 02:43:03 05/13/14 (1)
      Man, you're not going to give Jarmusch's writing an inch... ;^)
      - I think it's pretty clear, not much of a stretch. The guy's a musician� nt - tinear 12:26:58 05/13/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Actually, I think the vampire angle was an allegory for heroin addiction. nt posted by Revolver66 on May 13, 2014 at 02:43:03
        
        fds
How dd you see it . . . - Billy Wonka 19:24:25 05/09/14 (1)
There doesn't seem to be a disk release date as yet.
- RE: How dd you see it . . . - Revolver66 07:03:58 05/10/14 (0)
  Saw it at the local theater Thursday night.

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