Mystery Train (1989)
A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America goes to Memphis because the male half of the couple emulates Carl Perkins... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch
Written By: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan, Masatoshi Nagase, Sy Richardson, Yûki Kudô, Nicoletta Braschi, Joe Strummer, Jodie Markell, Cinqué Lee, Elizabeth Bracco, Rufus Thomas, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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Mystery Train belongs to 24 collections
1. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
2. Roger Ebert: Great Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 80 stars)
3. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
4. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (collaborative: moderated by Gregzilla - 40 stars)
5. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 20 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
9. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
10. Films divided into chapters (collaborative: moderated by djross - 4 stars)
11. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray and 4K) (public: PepeCamello - 3 stars)
12. Robby Müller, Cinematographer (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 2 stars)
13. Independent (collaborative - 1 star)
14. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
15. Cannes 1989 Official Selection (collaborative)
16. Elvis (collaborative: moderated by Hailey)
17. Available on Divicast (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx)
18. 1989: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
19. Tom's Movies (public: tomwalsh)
20. Filmstruck Wishlist (public: kendell)
21. Forrest Watch List (public: ForrestQ)
22. Films Dunstan Owns (public: Dunstan-xxx)
23. C-1980 (public: cantahta)
24. DoObejrzenia (public: peeroog)
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Pickpocket | 8 82nd |
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Witty and cool - exactly what to expect from Jim Jarmusch. Jim's first color film and everything looks really nice and surreal - I can't believe he films on Earth, if you know what I mean. Also, Tarantino should've thanked Jarmusch in the credits of Pulp Fiction.
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Alex Watkins | 4 70th |
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Nobody captures the languorous, lived-in reality of the less-explored corners of real cities to better effect than Jim Jarmusch. He has an unparalleled ability to raise the humdrum rhythms of city life to the level of off-beat poetic comedy, where around every corner lies in wait the potential for an encounter with the absurd or the sublime.
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PeaceAnarchy | 74 40th |
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I don't think I could spend more than 5 minutes with any of Jarmusch's characters in real life, but watching them in a movie is reasonably enjoyable. There's a bleak undercurrent in the film, especially in the visual depiction of Memphis as a rusted out shithole, but there's also an odd sense of fun in the aimless atmosphere to balance it out.
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Boobjuice | 83 84th |
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Jim Jarmusch makes really good films. If you haven't seen them, you probably should.
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MartinTeller | 67 30th |
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This one is okay. I don't care much for this type of narrative, and the way Jarmusch ties the tales together feels very self-conscious. Of the three stories, the first is the best. The second is a whole bunch of nothing and the third picks up a little bit with some witty dialogue, but I was pretty disengaged by that point. Sorta fun but also sorta annoying and ultimately seems pointless. I feel like Jarmusch makes movies just to show off how many hip musicians and cool actors he hangs out with.
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Kavu | 79 66th |
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Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's great drama. The quality varies between episodes, which are well connected.
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Mohko | 80 83rd |
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Exactly the kinda movie you'd expect from Jarmusch.
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kevinjoseph | 70 73rd |
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The first segment was fantastic (the best of the three) and I was inevitably let down by the rest of the film.
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Miss Marple | 90 88th |
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The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events
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JonnyHalftab | 87 71st |
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"Jiffy Squid? Turn that damn thing off! Jiffy Squid." The first and third parts are great but the middle is boring and inconsequential even by Jarmusch's standards. I laughed for a long time when the Japanese girl asked Buscemi "fishing?" and he thought for awhile before responding "no". How are you supposed to respond to that? lmao
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| Average Percentile 65.78% from 1271 Ratings |  |