My first exposure to the sometimes bizarre and always avant garde director Jim Jarmusch was through his film Coffee And Cigarettes. I attended a showing of the compiled shorts with five of my friends. Within the first hour, one of my buddies and I were captivated, almost astounded at the beauty we were witnessing. Bookending us on all sides like port-a-pottie walls were the other four, miserable and mumbling to themselves about the damaging photographs Jarmusch must have had on Bill Murray that would have coaxed him into the picture. Philistines.
After order an excessively expensive copy of the film, I began seeking out more of eccentric helmer’s work. I grew to love Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai (even its pigeon scenes), and I was so impressed with Broken Flowers that I bought the DVD the day it was released. It now appears Jim Jarmusch is ready for the aforementioned film’s follow-up. Bring it on. No, it’s not a remake of the Dunst cheerleading debacle. I just used a cliched three word phrase to express my happiness. Jesus Christ, get off my back.
The moving picture will be entitled The Limits Of Control, tentatively following the plight of a shady loner who operates way outside the box both socially and legally. The action will take place in rural Spain with Isaach De Bankole playing the lead. Like Marshall Applewhite from The Heaven’s Gate cult, most people seem to think of Jarmush as a creepy old man with wild ideas, but as a submissive follower, I’m ready to slurp down the cyanide and wake up on a UFO. If it’s all the same, I’ll probably go ahead and not cut my balls off.
