Jim Jarmusch? OK you have my attention...

Any Jim Jarmusch fans?

why not both?
that's why he's a great character actor.

overacting a little, is what makes a small part memorable. which helps make the movie memorable. and let's face it, some of that is not an act.
but you wouldn't want to see a whole movie, about most of the people he's played. which means he's a good lead for horror movies, and not much else. because you're not supposed to fully empathize with the protagonist, in a horror flick.
just enough to make it interesting.

Holy shit! That soda jerk is Jim Jarmusch! I've seen this movie plenty, and I had no idea.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000464/

Groovy:)
Reminds me of Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q_wORl1xJk

He sets fire to a girl in the audience, apparently it went out in time?

Jim Jarmusch, anyone?

and Wim Wenders!!

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Smibbo, if you want a non-funny, Coen brothers like movie, I recommend Jim Jarmusch.

Actually, I love Blood Simple and Fargo. Miller's Crossing - not so much.

I ADORE Jim Jarmusch!! The difference? His movies may not have "meaning" either, but they do not set up intense emotional interplay that makes me NEED "meaning". His movies are thematic and I am fine with that, because he doesn't pretend otherwise and doesn't lead me to believe otherwise. And he's funny no matter what. I think he does "subtle" humor better than Coen Bros do. When they TRY to be funny they are hilarious. When they try to be subtle, it usually ticks me off. Go figure.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Smibbo, if you want a non-funny, Coen brothers like movie, I recommend Jim Jarmusch.

Smibbo, if you want a non-funny, Coen brothers like movie, I recommend Jim Jarmusch.

When you like this, you'll like Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train as well:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/

why thank you, it's my first one...I saw Down by Law yesterday (Jim Jarmusch film) and the whole thing is scored to Tom Waits. It's got some really terrific cinematography, especially if you've ever been to New Orleans. Check it out.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.

A wonderful film with an amazing soundtrack. I have watched this movie and listened to the soundtrack many many times. The Japanese soundtrack is notoriously hard to attain.

The film takes place in a fictional Northeastern city and its environs in the present day United States. Forest Whitaker stars as the title character, the mysterious "Ghost Dog", an African American hitman in the employ of the Mafia, and who follows the ancient code of the samurai as outlined in book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, Hagakure.

The film's score and soundtrack is produced by the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, his first soundtrack production. He was later involved in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill franchise, Blade: Trinity, and other movies.

US and Japanese versions of the soundtrack album have been released, each with a different set of tracks. The Japanese release also has some songs not in the film. Songs in the film that don't appear any either soundtrack album include From Then Till Now performed by Killah Priest, Armagideon Time performed by Willi Williams, Nuba One performed by Andrew Cyrille and Jimmy Lyons and Cold Lampin With Flavor performed by Flavor Flav. RZA also has a small role in the movie, playing a camouflage wearing, cross-bearing "street crusader" counterpart to Ghost Dog's samurai. As Ghost Dog and RZA's character meet on the street, he and Ghost Dog bow and exchange greetings.

RZA: Ghost Dog, power and equality.
Ghost Dog: Always see everything my brother.

After the greeting they both pass each other and continue on their way. RZA is credited as "Samurai In Camouflage" in the end credits.

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