Jim Jarmusch, at the Film Institute

This week, the Film Institute is showing Dead Man, an anti-western, by Jim Jarmusch, an American independent filmmaker and script writer, whose films are admired by some of us because of his original approach. Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law are some of his early films. Jarmusch worked as an assistant to director Nicholas Ray. Through Ray's efforts, he became a production assistant on Wim Wenders' documentary, "Lightning Over Water" (1980). Read more at the wikipedia.


Among his later films Coffee and Cigarettes, a collection of short film vignettes full of acid humour and deep understanding of human nature, is worth mentioning. He is fascinated by different cultures' views on violence, and by textual appropriations between cultures.

Don't miss Dead Man at the Film Institute (see programme on the right hand side of this page) and don't forget to tell us what you think!