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Mystery Train (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 17

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Jim Jarmusch broadens his scope with this episodic tale of a night in the life of several Memphis, Tennessee, inhabitants who unknowingly find themselves lodging at the same hotel. The first... Jim Jarmusch broadens his scope with this episodic tale of a night in the life of several Memphis, Tennessee, inhabitants who unknowingly find themselves lodging at the same hotel. The first episode, "Far from Yokohama," is about two Japanese teenagers (Youki Kudoh and Masatoshe Nagase) on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of rock and roll, Sun Studios, where Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins got their start. In the second story, "A Ghost," two strangers meet and become friends. One is an Italian tourist, Luisa (Nicoletta Braschi), who is on the way back to Rome in order to bury her husband; the other, Dee Dee (Elizabeth Bracco), has just dumped her British boyfriend, Johnny (Joe Strummer). During the middle of the night, Luisa is visited by the ghost of Elvis. "Lost in Space," the final segment, brings all the characters together briefly, as Johnny goes on a violent drinking spree with Dee Dee's brother (Steve Buscemi) and another friend (Rick Aviles). Throughout all of this, the hotel's night clerk (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) and bellboy (Cinque Lee) listen to the local radio and engage in aimless conversation. Jarmusch once again uses his distinct sense of humor to dispel cultural myths--this time it's the legend of Memphis--by placing an eclectic group of tourists into an unquestionably American environment. [More]

Starring: Cinque Lee, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Youki Kudoh, Joe Strummer

Starring: Cinque Lee, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Youki Kudoh, Joe Strummer, Steve Buscemi, Elizabeth Bracco, Masatoshi Nagase, Nicoletta Braschi, Sy Richardson, Tom Noonan, Sara Driver, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Rockets Redglare, Tom Waits

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Director: Jim Jarmusch

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[in] Jarmusch's strange elegy for faded Americana... nostalgia reigns, love is lost, death is never far away, and everything is haunted by the ghost of Elvis, "young and beautiful looking, like in 1956".

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01/04/09
Anton Bitel
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Cole Smithey
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Jarmusch's mildly entertaining film tells three stories that take place at the same time but are told sequentially (end-to-end) rather than through intercutting, which is Hollywood's prevalent norm.

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Emanuel Levy
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

Brilliantly witty and keenly observant of the social scene.

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02/25/06
Dennis Schwartz
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Intriguing, if hit-or-miss comedy from Jarmusch.

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Emanuel Levy
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Vincent Canby
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A beauty on-screen, but lacking a developed theme.

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01/06/04
Rumsey Taylor
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Peculiar and peculiarly fascinating.

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Ken Hanke
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

An experimental film that went 'pulp' before 'fiction.'

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