After viewing "Coffee and Cigarettes" at the film tent at Bonnaroo last summer, I got to see Jim Jarmusch in person, as part of their visiting filmmaker series. He had some phenomenal things to say about the art of filmmaking, and about his reasoning for working with musicians as actors. Great stuff.

here is what I wrote on my blog back in June:
"Jim Jarmusch also spoke so much about being a filmmaker on the “fringe”, by choice, and how important that was to the process of creativity, and the process of collaboration with the medium. I really appreciated his full understanding of his art and expression, and maybe even more so his understanding of other’s art and expression (ie, Neil Young, RZA, Tom Waits)."

I watched his second film, "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984), in the underground (with Dave Rowe) two nights ago. I found it to be as important as "American Beauty", as an exposing cultural interpretation, but without the emotional intensity - actually being more of a parody. The shots are simple, reserved, and silent.

Doug suggested I write actual reviews of these films on Google Docs. I will not post them here (however, I will link them), and I only recommend reading them after viewing the film. I will, however, continue to post in a promotional kinda way, as usual.