Comments on: Down by Law http://cultprojections.com/476/movies/down-by-law/ Basking in the dark sunshine of cult cinema Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruno Dante http://cultprojections.com/476/movies/down-by-law/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Bruno Dante Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:05:43 +0000 http://cultprojections.com/?p=476#comment-128 haha, yeah, rosie, sheeesh ... okay, i'll check out broken flowers, been meaning too ... cheers mate! haha, yeah, rosie, sheeesh … okay, i’ll check out broken flowers, been meaning too … cheers mate!

]]> By: David http://cultprojections.com/476/movies/down-by-law/comment-page-1/#comment-127 David Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:52:54 +0000 http://cultprojections.com/?p=476#comment-127 You just have to see Broken Flowers B, it's a work of art, a sublimely great film. Permanent Vacation is so low-grade and amatuerish that it's pretty much unwatchable so don't even bother with it. Though I do love Ghost Dog, I'm with you on Night on Earth to some extent, it's hit and miss. The Ryder and Benigni stories I like but is there anything worse than Rosie Perez and that nails-on-blackboard voice of hers!??! I wanna kick a bloody cat after hearing it! ;) You just have to see Broken Flowers B, it’s a work of art, a sublimely great film.
Permanent Vacation is so low-grade and amatuerish that it’s pretty much unwatchable so don’t even bother with it.

Though I do love Ghost Dog, I’m with you on Night on Earth to some extent, it’s hit and miss. The Ryder and Benigni stories I like but is there anything worse than Rosie Perez and that nails-on-blackboard voice of hers!??! I wanna kick a bloody cat after hearing it! ;)

]]> By: Bruno Dante http://cultprojections.com/476/movies/down-by-law/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Bruno Dante Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:25:46 +0000 http://cultprojections.com/?p=476#comment-126 Hey David, cheers mate, you know I've never actually seen Permanent Vacation, nor have I seen Broken Flowers either. To be honest I don't like everything he does, but this and Dead Man, and Coffee and Cigarettes (curiously all in black and white) are brilliant. I did enjoy Year of the Horse too. Ghost Dog didn't do it for me, and I didn't like Night on Earth either. Still, the elements within his stylistics that I do like are so affecting that I rate him as one of my favourite directors. Hey David, cheers mate, you know I’ve never actually seen Permanent Vacation, nor have I seen Broken Flowers either. To be honest I don’t like everything he does, but this and Dead Man, and Coffee and Cigarettes (curiously all in black and white) are brilliant. I did enjoy Year of the Horse too. Ghost Dog didn’t do it for me, and I didn’t like Night on Earth either. Still, the elements within his stylistics that I do like are so affecting that I rate him as one of my favourite directors.

]]> By: David http://cultprojections.com/476/movies/down-by-law/comment-page-1/#comment-125 David Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:53:41 +0000 http://cultprojections.com/?p=476#comment-125 Great review B, this was my first exposure to Jarmusch and though many of his subsequent films have surpassed it, it holds a special place for me too. I also became a rabid Tom Waits fan because of it - that Rain Dogs album has actually been one of my all-time favourites ever since. I don't have many musical heroes outside of film music anymore but he's still one of them. This is probably where Jarmusch's career really began, wasn't it? I tried to watch the earlier two and found them very tough going (in fact Permanent Vacation is absolutely godawful!) I agree with your ranking of Dead Man too - for me it sits alongside Broken Flowers as his best, though there's something worthwhile in all of them. Great review B, this was my first exposure to Jarmusch and though many of his subsequent films have surpassed it, it holds a special place for me too.

I also became a rabid Tom Waits fan because of it – that Rain Dogs album has actually been one of my all-time favourites ever since. I don’t have many musical heroes outside of film music anymore but he’s still one of them.

This is probably where Jarmusch’s career really began, wasn’t it? I tried to watch the earlier two and found them very tough going (in fact Permanent Vacation is absolutely godawful!)

I agree with your ranking of Dead Man too – for me it sits alongside Broken Flowers as his best, though there’s something worthwhile in all of them.

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