Mystery Train

Sometime in the 1980's, a trend began among young directors. Jim Jarmusch, Susan Seidelman, Spike Lee, to name a few, would sometimes seek non-actors, usually a personality in some area, for very specific parts. Some say it began with Susan Seidelman's... Full review

Sometime in the 1980's, a trend began among young directors. Jim Jarmusch, Susan Seidelman, Spike Lee, to name a few, would sometimes seek non-actors, usually a personality in some area, for very specific parts. Some say it began with Susan Seidelman's... Full review

I appreciate Jarmusch's anti-hollywood manner of making films but this movie is pathetic. Terrible acting and even worse writing. The movie is the most boring flick I have ever watched. Absolutely no action whatsoever. I doubt the case is that jarmusch... Full review

I appreciate Jarmusch's anti-hollywood manner of making films but this movie is pathetic. Terrible acting and even worse writing. The movie is the most boring flick I have ever watched. Absolutely no action whatsoever. I doubt the case is that jarmusch... Full review

DELIOGHTFULLY OFFBEAT AND QUIRKY, WONDERFUL CAST, GREAT VISUALY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY. A FASCINATING STORY VERY WELL DIRECTED. ORIGINAL AND ENTERTAIN ING, GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERS.... Full review

DELIOGHTFULLY OFFBEAT AND QUIRKY, WONDERFUL CAST, GREAT VISUALY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY. A FASCINATING STORY VERY WELL DIRECTED. ORIGINAL AND ENTERTAIN ING, GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERS.... Full review

If you're sick of the same Hollywood BS thats coming outta Cali try Mystery Train! Not Only for Indi fans. Jarmusch's masterpiece!... Full review

If you're sick of the same Hollywood BS thats coming outta Cali try Mystery Train! Not Only for Indi fans. Jarmusch's masterpiece!... Full review

I've seen all of Jarmusch's films with the exception of Night on Earth. While all of them (even Dead Man and Year of the Horse, movies that boggled my mind with how strange they were) carry a level of off-beat,... Full review

'Mystery Train' is probably the most entertaining, interesting and understated of indie-fave Jim Jarmusch's early work (i haven't seen 'Coffee and Cigarettes' yet). The films portrayal of Elvis' birthplace of Memphis, possibly one of the most featureless, gritty and desolate... Full review

The spare but richly funny Mystery Train (the final part of a trilogy begun with Stranger ) ought to go a long way toward defusing the naysayers.....The Arcade's night clerk, played by a remarkably low-decibel Screamin' Jay Hawkins, trades Elvis trivia with the bellboy, CinquT Lee, Spike's gifted younger brother..... ... Full Review

Nagase and Kudoh are the best of a wonderfully talented ensemble, with each member perfectly cast. Whether you'll find this picture entertaining has a lot to do with your ability to enjoy quirky character studies that are long on development and short on action. ... Full Review

Whether you'll find this picture entertaining has a lot to do with your ability to enjoy quirky character studies that are long on development and short on action. Nagase and Kudoh are the best of a wonderfully talented ensemble, with each member perfectly cast. ... Full Review

These are the people that songs like " Mystery Train " are about, and although in fact their lives may be flat and empty, in Jarmusch's imagination they are the real inhabitants of the city, especially after midnight. The best thing about " Mystery Train " is that it takes you to an America you feel you ought to be able to find for yourself, if you only knew where to look. ... Full Review

His style is essentially a vanity platform; it's Jarmusch's method of claiming the lofty status of artist without having the prerequisite of genuine talent. Jarmusch covers himself in interviews by stating that he prefers the realism of an open-ended finale to a resolution that is artificially imposed. ... Full Review

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It could be almost dubbed 'Memphis Stories', as this is Jarmusch's tribute to the city of Elvis and other musical greats. Characteristically, the director explores the crumbling, decaying edges of the city through the eyes of foreigners: Japanese teenagers, an... ... Full Article

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The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993) This crazed cult film stars Masatoshi Nagase (from Jarmusch's Mystery Train ) as a Tokyo detective who keeps his office over a movie theater; clients must buy a ticket to come up ... Full Article