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Nov 21, 2016 · Later shown at the Hof Festival in Germany, the short captured the attention of director Paul Bartel and chocolate impresario Otto Grokenberger with the latter stepping forward to provide the completion funding that extricated Jarmusch from his soured relationship with Gray City Films, Wenders’ distribution company.
- Synopsis
- Picture 9/10
- Audio 7/10
- Extras 8/10
- Closing
Director Jim Jarmusch followed up his brilliant breakout film Stranger Than Paradise with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in the American landscape. When fate brings together three hapless men—an unemployed disc jockey (Tom Waits), a small-time pimp (John Lurie), and a strong-willed Italian tourist (Roberto Benigni)—in a Lou...
Jim Jarmusch’s Down by Lawgets a Blu-ray upgrade from Criterion, who yet again present the film in the director’s preferred aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz on a dual-layer disc. Upon first popping the disc in I was expecting to find Criterion simply reused the same high-definition transfer used for their 2002 DVD edi...
The film’s lossless linear PCM 1.0 mono track is also surprisingly strong. Heavy on dialogue, it’s clear and articulate for the most part despite some moments where it’s a little muffled, but I feel it has more to do with shooting conditions and nothing to do with the actual transfer to disc. Music, like Tom Waits’ “A Jockey Full of Bourbon” that p...
Though other aspects of this release received upgrades the supplements haven’t. Thankfully everything has been carried over from Criterion’s excellent 2002 2-disc DVD release. First the disc comes with a couple of alternate audio tracks, starting with an isolated score, which is simply a mono track presenting the film’s music and score with no dial...
The supplements are the same as the DVD’s with nothing new, but they’re all still entertaining to go through. But the disc is worth picking up or upgrading to simply for the new transfer, which manages to improve greatly over the DVD’s. It comes with a high recommendation. BUY AT:
Down by Law. Director Jim Jarmusch followed up his brilliant breakout film Stranger Than Paradise with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in the American landscape.
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‘Stranger In Polaroid’ features exclusive images by Otto Grokenberger, which he took during the production of a landmark of art-house cinema, ‘Stranger Than Paradise’ (1984), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
The photo book “Stranger In Polaroid” shows exclusive images by Otto Grokenberger taken during the production of a landmark of independent cinema: “Stranger Than Paradise” by Jim Jarmusch.
‘Stranger In Polaroid’ features exclusive images by Otto Grokenberger, which he took during the production of a landmark of art-house cinema, ‘Stranger Than Paradise’ (1984), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
JB. Institute presents the photo book “Stranger In Polaroid” showing exclusive images by Otto Grokenberger taken during the production of a landmark of independent cinema: “Stranger Than Paradise” by Jim Jarmusch.
