Jim Jarmusch's PATERSON starring Adam Driver as a bus driver/poet

I associate him with looking oddly at the duck voiced by Gilbert Gottfried in the old Aflac ads.

I laughed extremely loud at the point where the bartender's other half storms into the bar to as where her money is - "chess tournament? Chess tournament? I'll give you a chess tourniquet if I don't get my money back"

having spent plenty of time in Paterson over the last few years i really want to see this.

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, January 18, 2017 4:46 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I want to check this out, too. I did a criminal law internship in Paterson a few years ago, and it was like Night Court set in the True Detective universe. I'm assuming this movie's a little more lighthearted than that.

The unreal marriage started to make sense when I considered the possibility that Paterson wants tranquility -- perhaps passivity -- in life and art.

The wife just seemed like a really lovely person to me.

Have known plenty of couples who celebrate and encourage each other's creativity in much the same way as the couple in Paterson - coupledom is partly about building a united front against the indifference of the wider world, and love definitely deepens when seldom is heard a discouraging word.

So I didn't think it was 'unnaturally idyllic' at all - and besides, Paterson at the very least looks less than enraptured at the thought of having to find funds for a new guitar.

A little cruel, but I did laugh at David Edelstein on the wife: "...Laura is a bit like Eva Gabor in the sitcom Green Acres: dizzily beautiful and completely untethered." In which case I guess Marvin = Arnold the pig. (Just read that Marvin died after the film's completion: http://www.indiewire.com/2016/05/the-2016-palm-dog-posthumously-awarded-to-nellie-the-dog-from-jim-jarmuschs-paterson-289094/)

I don't know--there just seemed something a little unreal about the marriage to me (which didn't detract from my overall enjoyment of the film all that much).

I agree, seemed like there was a gulf between them. Opposites attract, I guess.

Loved this film. Want to watch it again. I haven't wanted to re-watch a film in a very long time.

damn still haven't got around to seeing this. perhaps since it is Amazon Studios it will be streaming soon.

I loved this too... esp after the shitty Iggy doc and the cringy vampire movie.

It's not the most naturalistic of films.

I forget who commented that a 'mixed' couple goes to see the inter-species horror oldie Island of Lost Souls...

I loved this too... esp after the shitty Iggy doc and the cringy vampire movie.

― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, February 22, 2017

you're a cringy vampire movie.

It's not the most naturalistic of films.

Au contraire: it's naturalistic, not realistic.

Love JJ, not a fan of AD. watch?

definitely

My favourite film of last year I think. It's not flawless but I like it's flaws too.

One thing I liked that I've been mulling over was the Japanese man's exit line: "A-ha!" I know it echoes something that was said earlier in their conversation, but it's also a cliché of teaching workshops: the "a-ha! moment." Paterson gives the cliché some life.

Loved this and pretty much wanted to rewatch immediately too. Felt similarly about the "cringy vampire movie". People caught up on the Jack White things in that feel like people caught up on the quality of dude's poetry in this. Ultimately seems inconsequential.

This is going to be very high on my film poll ballot.

My fave Driver performance to date. Not ruling it out as my fave Jarmusch film, either.

Same