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Jim Jarmusch
James R. Jarmusch (Jim Jarmusch), born on January 22, 1953 in Akron, Ohio, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He graduated from Columbia University.
In 1980, directed his first film "Long Holiday Manman"
[1]
. In 1984, the feature film " Stranger Than Paradise " directed by him was released, which won the Golden Leopard Award at the 37th Locarno International Film Festival
[2]
and the Golden Camera Award at the 37th Cannes International Film Festival
[3]
. In 1986, directed the comedy film " Down by Law ", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 39th Cannes Film Festival
[4]
. In 1989, he directed the crime film " Mystery Train ", which won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 42nd Cannes Film Festival
[5]
. In 1993, directed the short feature film "Coffee and Cigarette 3", which won the Palme d'Or for the short film at the 46th Cannes Film Festival
[6]
. In 1995, he wrote and directed the feature film " Dead Man ", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 48th Cannes Film Festival
[7]
.
In 2002, he co-directed the short film collection " TEN MINUTES OLDER "
[8] with 15 directors including Chen Kaige and Wim
. In 2005, directed the feature film " Broken Flowers "
[9]
, which won the Jury Prize of the 58th Cannes International Film Festival
[10]
. In 2008, James R. Jarmusch won the "Golden Carriage Award" in the director's biweekly unit of the Cannes International Film Festival
[11]
. In 2013, he wrote and directed the horror film " Only Love Eternal Life "
[12]
, which was shortlisted for the main competition of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival
[13]
. In 2016, he wrote and directed the feature film " Paterson "
[14]
, which was shortlisted for the main competition of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival
[15]
. In 2019, the horror comedy film " The Dead Don't Die " directed by him premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival
[16]
.
Performing Experience
In 1980, directed his first film "Long Holiday Long Man"
. In 1984, the feature film "Stranger Than Paradise" directed by him was released. The film won the Golden Leopard Award
at the 37th Locarno International Film Festival and the Golden Camera Award at the 37th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 1986, directed the comedy film " Down by Law " co-starring Tom Waits , John Lurie and Roberto Remigio Benigni , which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 39th Cannes Film Festival
.
In 1989, he directed the crime film " Mystery Train ", which won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 42nd Cannes Film Festival
. In 1990, directed the short drama "Tom Waits: It's All Right with Me". In 1991, directed the comedy movie " Night on Earth " co-starring Gena Rowlands and Winona Laura Horowitz
.
In 1993, directed the short feature film "Coffee and Cigarette 3", which won the Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival
. In 1995, he wrote and directed the feature film " Dead Man ", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 48th Cannes Film Festival
. In 1996, directed the short film "Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Big Time". In 1997, directed the documentary "The Year of the Horse".
In 1999, directed the action crime movie " Ghost Dog: Road to Ninja " starring Forest Whitaker . The film tells the story of a killer who is superstitious of the spirit of Japanese Bushido and finally martyrdom with revenge
. In 2002, he co-directed the short film collection " TEN MINUTES OLDER " with 15 directors including Chen Kaige and Wim
. In 2003, the comedy film " Coffee and Cigarettes " directed by him was released
.
In 2005, directed the drama " Broken Flowers " co-starring Bill Murray , Sharon Stone , and Jeffrey Wright
. This is James R. Jarmusch's tribute to Jean Eustache
. The film tells about the relationship between men and women. A subtle emotional story
, shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 8th British Independent Film Awards
, and won the Jury Prize at the 58th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2008, James R. Jarmusch won the "Golden Carriage Award" in the director's biweekly unit of the Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2009, the suspense thriller film " The Limits of Control " directed by him was released
.
In 2013, self-written and directed the horror film " Only Love Eternal Life " co-starring Katherine Matilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston . The film tells the story of a vampire couple. It was
nominated for the main competition unit of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival
. Best Screenplay Award at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards. Later, this film was selected as one of the "Top Ten Films of the Year" by the Boston Online Film Critics Association
.
In 2016, self-written and directed by Adam Douglas Driver and Golshifteh Farahani co-starring in the drama " Paterson "
, the film tells the life story of the bus driver Paterson and his wife Laura living in Paterson who love to write poetry
, and was nominated for the 69th edition. In the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival
, he was shortlisted for the 26th Gotham Independent Film Awards for Best Screenplay
. After that, this film was voted No. 2 in the “Top Ten Movies of the Year ” by Time (American Magazine), one of the “
Twenty Best Movies of the Year” by the American “Film Critic”
, and was selected by “View and Listen” ( British Film Magazine) was selected as the "Twenty Best Films of the Year"
.
In 2019, the horror comedy film " The Dead Don't Die " directed by him premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film was co-starred by Adam Douglas Driver and Bill Murray
.
Character Evaluation
James R. Jarmusch’s films focus on expressing the alienation and loneliness of people. The director breaks the conventional narrative strategy by creating unconventional characters and breaking the conventional narrative strategy with a platter-like trivial plot structure, which gives his films a strong taste of postmodernism
. His films with minimalist style have attracted attention .
Although James R. Jarmusch's works are not many, his uniqueness lies in his ability to shoot low-cost independent productions with special charm. His indifferent and alienated imagery and wandering complex make him have a group of loyal fans. He is highly praised by the literary youth for his setting of marginal characters, high-grade soundtrack and setting, poetic content and artistic conception of lines. To some extent, the three words "Jamuxu" represent the absolute benchmark for marginalized independent films in the United States , Mtime.com comprehensive review).
James R. Jarmusch’s films, whether in pursuit of the theme of "alien and communication" or the expression of "minimalist" creative art, have obvious personal symbols, and have constructed a set of "author's film" systems that reflect their own thoughts. At the same time, from the perspective of his movie temperament, the signs of anti-Hollywood genre are clear. The first few films he shot have obvious European style, while the later films are obviously different from Hollywood genre films, which can also reflect American movies. The phenomenon of coexistence between the world’s genre films and the author’s films .
The image of American independent film director James R. Jarmusch in the world film scene is quite similar to the characters in his film works: a person who is out of touch with the surrounding environment, behaves strangely but not without cuteness. The output of Jamusch is quite scarce. But these few films have established Jamux’s position in the film industry in the United States and the world, and become a leading figure in the American independent film circle. He is known as the "Master of American Independent Film." As a director of a "author" movie, his work always reflects a strong personal style .
James R. Jarmusch is an "anti-Hollywood" independent filmmaker who pays attention to the cold and rebellious marginalized people with low-cost production. He can be regarded as a comprehensive talent. In addition to director, screenwriter, and soundtrack, he is also good at it. His works often give people a very weird, alternative, decadent and somewhat weird feeling. He is good at deriving stories, and his scripts are usually just a vague concept of stories. Although he comes from a major, he does not follow the rules and has been trying a variety of new narrative methods and composition of pictures. So Jarmusch film is always a special show of Humanity, he gives us life experiences with video, music is much better than imagined can express a novel Morning News a comprehensive assessment LOS ANGELES ).
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