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Werner Herzog Hosts Cooking Show to Raise Money?
Even the most serious film scholar can agree: film auteur and self-proclaimed poet Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, a remake of Nosferatu) is ripe for satire. The larger-than-life director is occasionally shot by snipers in L.A., an occurrence which he deems "insignificant," and "part of the folklore in Los Angeles - nothing really that serious." He has waged "holy war" on television and describes his work as a quest for "ecstatic art."... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSalute Your Shorts: Coffee and Cigarettes
Writing about Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes in this space is cheating a little bit... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesThe Limits of Control
The central character in Jim Jarmusch's latest is technically called Lone Man, but his name might as well be Mysterious Badass... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsJim Jarmusch recruits Boris for The Limits of Control
Depending on how you feel about Japanese doom metal, you may have immediately noticed a name while watching the newly-released theatrical trailer for Jim Jarmusch's Spanish crime epic The Limits of Control. Notably, that the ambient sludgemeisters of Boris have joined up with Jarmusch to help score the movie.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJim Jarmusch to Control Bill Murray, Javier Bardem, more
When we last left him, Jim Jarmusch was readying his first feature in years. Called The Limits of Control, the film is a road movie being shot by Jarmusch and Christopher Doyle about a mysterious protagonist traveling across Spain. And now, less than a month before shooting is set to begin, more casting announcements have started coming in about the film. While Isaach De Bankole will be playing the film's lead, Jarmusch is enlisting the help of many past contributors. First and foremost of these is Bill Murray, who worked with Jarmusch previously in Broken Flowers and Coffee and Cigarettes.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJim Jarmusch working on The Limits of Control
Jim Jarmusch's next project, tentatively called The Limits of Control, has been acquired by Focus Features for worldwide distribution. Jarmusch will start shooting the feature this February in Spain. It looks like Focus was happy with the reception of Jarmusch's last feature, Broken Flowers, so they're hoping for a similar success this time out. It's good news for Jarmusch, whose films have sometimes had a difficult time finding distribution, or at least advertised distribution, in the past. Focus' CEO James Schamus remarked in a statement, "Jim Jarmusch defines what it means to be an independent filmmaker for audiences all over... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJim Jarmusch
Paste film writer Robert Davis sat down with Jim Jarmusch at the San Fransisco International Film Festival to discuss the indie legend’s new movie Coffee and Cigarettes, and much more. Here are some exclusive, unpublished excerpts from the interview: Paste: So from what I understand Coffee and Cigarettes was shot over a long period of time... in order to capture the natural aging process… Jim Jarmusch: [laughs] Yeah. P: …of Tom Waits and Iggy Pop. J: [laughs] Yes, exactly my intention. P: Actually it's surprising to me how rich the themes are given how it was made and how you... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesJim Jarmusch
Roberto Benigni & Steven Wright, Iggy Pop & Tom Waits—just some of the delightful onscreen pairings in Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes... read more
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