Mystery Train (1989)

Name: Mystery Train (1989)
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee, Nicoletta Braschi

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This film marks the second collaboration between Jarmusch and Müller, and the first Jarmusch to be shot in color. Since Müller always needed a good reason to shoot in color, the use of it truly makes it a loving ode to the city of Memphis. This film intertwines three short stories, what links them is a run-down hotel and the spirit of Elvis. Müller delivers slow tracking shots covered in neon. The use of wide shots for the cityscape help the viewer to linger and really look at the city of Memphis, since it can be seen as just as important a character as the inhabitants and tourists in it.

Credits

Regie: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Tom Waits
Genre: komedie
Speelduur: 106 minuten
Land: VS
Taal: Engels
Ondertiteling: Nederlands

Storyline

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.