This film tells three parallel stories that are intertwined with each other. The first paragraph is about a Japanese couple Toshi and Mitsuko who came to Memphis to pursue their idols. Girls like Elvis and boys like Carl Perkins, the contemporary singer of Elvis. They often have lovely arguments about Parkinson and Elvis. , But boys often let girls choose generously. They walk from day to night, go to a hotel to rest, and then leave in the morning when they hear a gunshot, and the director also buried a suspense here.
The second story is the story of a Roman woman who has just lost her husband and a local girl, Didi. The Roman woman wants to bring her husband's body back to Rome, but has to stay here due to a plane failure. She was first fooled by the bookstore owner when she wandered around. I bought a lot of books, and then I met a man who struck up in a coffee shop. The man lied to bring her a comb for Elvis. She sent him away with $10 and ended up in the same hotel with the local girl who just broke up. Didi stayed with him for one night. In the night, she saw the phantom of Elvis. Maybe she believed in the soul. After all, her husband had just passed away. She should also be looking forward to seeing her husband’s soul. They also listened before leaving. It's the gunshot.
The third story is Di Di’s ex-boyfriend Johnny, his good friend Will and Di Di’s brother Charlie. Johnny was dying because of both his career and love. He accidentally shot the shop owner with a gun while buying wine. Will took the two of them to the hotel where his brother-in-law worked.
The protagonists of the story gather in a hotel, a Japanese couple who pursues idols, a Roman woman who sees the ghost of Elvis in the song "Blue Moon", Di Di’s ex-boyfriend Johnny, Di Di’s younger brother Charlie, Johnny’s good friend Wei Well, they don't seem to be related, but they are subtly related to each other. In the early morning, the frustrated Johnny wanted to commit suicide with a gun, and then accidentally injured Charlie's thigh while pushing, and the suspense of the gunshot was lifted. When the story ends, the protagonists leave the town one after another. The Japanese couple and Didi get on the train and leave, the Roman woman catches up on the plane, and the "Three Musketeers" drove away. In the last scene of the movie, the train passes through the screen and the "Three Musketeers" car. As if looking for the train, the police car’s bell rang across the screen for a long time. This dynamic scene gave a sense of movement and broke the distance between the audience and the screen. At this moment, I seemed to be standing on the side of the road and watching them leave. Showcasing the identity of the outsider who left Memphis sooner or later.
I watched this movie twice. Compared to commercial movies with high climaxes, full of wit, and beginnings and ends, "Mystery Train" shows us a story of a traveler that came to an abrupt end. I think this movie looks dull as water, but it's actually full of the director's humor and ingenuity. The hotel manager and the doorman are the big heads of humor in this play. The manager often laughs at the doorman’s hat like a chimpanzee with feet. The doorman is also worried about the uniform. He often asks the manager whether the hotel will make a new dress for him. In the second story, the Roman woman praised his hat, and after the doorman left, he started playing with his hat again. Second, the doorman put down the luggage of the Japanese couple and waited silently for the awkwardness of wanting to speak while waiting for a tip.
And Mitsuko tipped a Japanese plum as a tip, and was eaten by the manager. The doorman gave a stupefied expression; the Japanese couple’s tour guide at the Sun Studio talked too fast and they couldn’t understand the helpless and cute expressions.
The Roman woman tells Didi the story told to the man who struck up with her in the coffee shop. Didi said nonchalantly, "I have heard this story more than a hundred times." What's interesting is that the Roman woman really saw Elvis at night. , Didi, who does not believe the story, does not see the ghost of Elvis.
It seems that if you believe it, you don’t believe it. This famous saying is universal. When a Roman woman saw the ghost of Elvis, Elvis said that he had mistaken the address. Then I thought that God had fulfilled the wish of Mitsuko, who loves Elvis, to see Elvis. , But the silly Elvis Ghost got the wrong room. It is full of fun to study these shots carefully. Seeing this movie, picking up shells by the beach, there are new discoveries every time I look at it.
Jim Jarmusch (Jim Jarmusch) was born in Ohio, USA, because of his own diverse cultural interweaving, he appears complicated in the spirit of the film. He is a director with a very personal style. Director Jia Muxu uses a circular structure to tell three stories. "Mystery Train" belongs to the theme of "passenger and communication". The director creates the sense of wandering of the protagonist of the story. The protagonist of the story is constantly walking, from the Japanese couple and the Roman woman walking from day to night, from bars to canteens to hotels. The "Three Musketeers", repeated presentations of vehicles such as trains, cars, airplanes, and different nationalities express the feeling of loneliness and cultural alienation of the characters incompatible with the small town. Jim Jamush’s long shots give him the uniqueness of his movies. He likes to give or create emotions in his movies, use long shots to create rhythm and use music to brew the atmosphere. Like other films of Jamush, a lot of music-rock music is used in this film. Memphis is the city of blues and rock music. The music of the great gods such as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, John Lurie, Rufus Thomas has carried through the film throughout. Finally, attach a handsome photo of the director as the end.
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