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Hallelujah, "Night on Earth" on DVD -- I waited 10 years for this! Up til now this movie has only been available in VHS. The picture is fresh and vivid, and Tom Waits' haunting soundtrack is resonant. Jim Jarmusch pairs contrasting actors in each vignette as the movie circles the globe in a series of nighttime taxi rides. The best is the taxi ride in Rome, ably navigated by Roberto Benigni, as he imposes his confession on a helpless priest. There has never been another movie like it, and "Night on Earth" is Jarmusch's most underrated and brilliant work.
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The camera is the Jarmusch 'eye' and you travel with him and his musician buddy Tom Waits across the world as the unseen occupants in taxi cabs. This voyeuristic trip mixes comedy with some serious ideas and even tragedy. A beautiful film that gives you some things to think about as it bridges the often huge divide that can arise between America and Europe.
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The music is great: Tom Waits.
Roberto Benigni and Winona Ryder are great.
It's just an overall funny movie that leaves you thinking.
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"Night on earth" may be seen as a earthly anecdote - taking into account it's a comedy , at a fist glance - but, since we refer to Jim Jarmusch, the most emblematic and irreverent American filmmaker by then, some additional reflections should be made.
L.A. , N.Y.C., Paris, Rome and Helsinki. Five well different stories, surrounded by a same circumstance, casual encounters between cab driver and passenger.
As you se, an innovative proposal that preceded by years to the multidimensional stages in which movies like Crash and Babel were elaborated under similar patterns.
Everyone of these exhilarating dialogues are very absorbing and magnificently written. Since the surrealistic episode in Rome (in which Jarmusch pays a heartfelt tribute to Luis Bunuel) until the overwhelming conversation in N.Y.C.
To my view, this is until this date the most complete and ambitious project of the smart filmmaker. Supported by a splendid cast and edition process.
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This is a great movie. All of the stories are different and very well done. It is one of my favorite moves.
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