i watched broken flowers and didn't like it so much. It was
different yes, but not in a good way..Only the ending reminded me -
as somebody said- that it was a jim jarmusch film. I expect films
more like mystery train, dead man, down by law and the other great
films of him. I like his way of telling something really important
with a few words, with facial expression and of course music. He
does not simplificate the subject but he gets rid of the unnecesary
pleonasm and chooses a plain way to make the people get what he
really thinks and wants to say. In this sense he is a minimalist
person, i think. Also the soundtrack of his films are really
amazing, because they are full of tom waits', john lurie's, neil
young's beautiful songs..-of course there are many great different
bands and singers too- especially "dead man", is full of same guitar
riffs of neil young, but it did not bother me even for one second. I
thought how well the film and music can harmonize with each other. I
know that he directed a few videos of talking heads, tom waits, neil
young and jack white. He is a really great man with his personality,
his films, his style, his choice about choosing friends, his
ideology. By the way i am from turkey and i cant find so many people
to discuss about jim jarmusch , because they dont even know him.
Some of them have watched coffee and cigarettes without wondering
who the director is :) if you want to add or discuss anything about
him i will be pleased..