Jim Jarmusch

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Jarmusch obtained his B. A. from Columbia University. Before graduating from New York University's school of film, Jarmusch decided to drop out of the program and funnel his scholarship funds into his first feature. His advisor at the time, Thaddeus Sebena, helped to support the release. This resulted in his first film, Permanent Vacation, which introduced audiences to the deadpan style that he would later develop in Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law. Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... Permanent Vacation is a 1980 drama film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. ... Stranger than Paradise Stranger Than Paradise is an absurdist comedy film written and directed by American director Jim Jarmusch in 1984. ... Promotional poster for Down by Law Down by Law (1986) is the fourth feature film by director Jim Jarmusch. ...

Jarmusch's first major release, Stranger Than Paradise, was released to much critical acclaim. Recounting a strange journey of three disillusioned youths from New York to Cleveland to Florida, the film broke many conventions of traditional Hollywood moviemaking, and to this day is still considered a landmark work in modern independent film.

Following artistic success and critical acclaim in the American independent film community, he achieved mainstream renown with his far-East philosophy-themed Western movie set in New Jersey, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, starring Forest Whitaker, which also featured a soundtrack by the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA. The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787) depicts the philosopher Socrates carrying out his own execution. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor (film, stage and television), producer and director. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... The Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hardcore rap group, originally from Staten Island, New York (Staten Island is referred to as Shaolin in their lyrics). ... RZA, pronounced Rizza, (born Robert Diggs, July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American producer, rapper, de facto leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan and actor. ...

One of his major projects is an ongoing series of short films called Coffee and Cigarettes. The original six-minute film appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1986, featuring filmmaker Roberto Benigni and comedian Steven Wright. Three years later, he released Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version, with actor Steve Buscemi, which was eight minutes long. The next 12-minute installment was in 1993, Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California, featuring musicians Tom Waits and Iggy Pop. Coffee and Cigarettes is a 2003 independent film directed by Jim Jarmusch. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Roberto Benigni as Johnny Stecchino Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Oscar-winning Italian film and television actor and director. ... f u ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American film and stage character actor and film director, based in New York City. ... // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ...

In 1993, Jarmusch said, "I've shot two more which are waiting to be edited, and I've scripted two or three more. Although the intention is for them to work separately as short films, I plan to shoot around 12 to 14 and put them together for a video release." [2]. These were released in 2004 as Coffee and Cigarettes. The movie consists of 11 installments (the 1986 Coffee and Cigarettes, Memphis Version and Somewhere in California being segments 1, 2 and 3), featuring, among others, Jack and Meg of The White Stripes, Cate Blanchett, RZA, GZA, Bill Murray, Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina. // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... The White Stripes are an American minimalist rock duo from Detroit, composed of Jack White on guitar, piano, lead vocals and songwriting, and Meg White on drums, percussion and vocals. ... Cate Blanchett (born Catherine Élise Blanchett on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. ... RZA, pronounced Rizza, (born Robert Diggs, July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American producer, rapper, de facto leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan and actor. ... GZA (pronounced Jizza), aka The Genius, born Gary Grice August 22, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York City is an American rapper and core member of the Wu-Tang Clan, having released four albums and appearing on every group album put out by the Clan, as well as many solo efforts... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. ... Molina as Dr. Octopus in Spiderman 2 (2004) Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor. ...

The Sons of Lee Marvin

Jarmusch is the founder of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a humorous 'semi-secret society'. Members of the society reportedly include musician Tom Waits and actor John Lurie, both of whom have worked with Jarmusch on several occasions. Richard Bose, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop (who has also worked with Jarmusch), Thurston Moore, Mickey Rourke and Neil Young are also rumored to be members. Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... John Lurie (December 14, 1952) is an actor, musician, and producer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. In 1978 he formed The Lounge Lizards, initially a new-york-car-crash jazz combo with his brother Evan Lurie. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and film director who grew up during his teen years in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...

The entry criterion for the club is that the person must have some physical resemblance or plausibly look like a son of the actor Lee Marvin — as such, women are not allowed to join. Most current members also share what seems to be a beat mentality in that they represent and express the lives of the down and out. Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine in a climactic scene from the 1973 film Emperor of the North Pole. ... The Beat Generation was a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ...

The club supposedly meets occasionally to watch Lee Marvin movies together. Its members perpetuate the joke in the media.

"I'm not at liberty to divulge information about the organization, other than to tell you that it does exist. I can identify three other members of the organization: Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Bose. You have to have a facial structure such that you could be related to, or be a son of, Lee Marvin. There are no women, obviously, in the organization. We have communiques and secret meetings. Other than that, I can't talk about it."

—Jim Jarmusch: Interview: Vol. XIX - No. 11, 1989: pp 146-150.

The real son of Lee Marvin objected to the existence of the organization when he encountered Waits in a bar.^[1]

Filmography

Director

• Broken Flowers (2005) - Director/Writer
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) - Director/Writer/Editor
  • Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California (1993) - Director/Editor
  • Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version (1989) - Director/Writer
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (1986) - Director/Co-Writer
• Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) - Director/Writer
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - Director/Writer/Producer
• Year of the Horse (1997) - Director/Cinematographer
• Dead Man (1995) - Director/Writer
• Night on Earth (1991) - Director/Writer/Producer
• Mystery Train (1989) - Director/Writer
• Down by Law (1986) - Director/Writer
• Stranger Than Paradise (1984) - Director/Writer/Editor
• Permanent Vacation (1980) - Director/Writer/Producer/Editor/Composer

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Other Production Credits

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (special thanks)
• Clerks (1994) (special thanks)
• When Pigs Fly (1993) - Executive Producer
• Sleepwalk (1986) - Camera Operator/Cinematographer
• Burroughs (1984) - Sound Recordist
• Der Stand Der Ding (The State of Things) Portugal (1982) - Composer
• You Are Not I (1981) - Producer/Cinematographer
• Lightning Over Water (1980) - Observer

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Acting Credits

• Sling Blade (1996) ... Frostee Cream guy
• Cannes Man (1996) ... Cameo
• Blue in the Face (1995) ... Bob
• Iron Horseman (1995) ... Silver Rider
• In the Soup (1992) ... Monty
• The Golden Boat (1990) ... Stranger
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) ... New York Car Dealer
• Candy Mountain (1988)
• Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987) ... Barkeeper #2
• Straight to Hell (1987) .... Amos Dade
• American Autobahn (1984) .... Movie Producer
• Underground U.S.A. (1980) - Sound recordist

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Appearances As Himself

• Magacine 2005 (2005) TV
• Punk: Attitude (2005) TV
• Excavating Taylor Mead (2005)
• Cinema Mil (2005) TV
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) TV
• Rockets Redglare! (2003)
• Hollywood High (2003) TV
• Chaplin Today: A King in New York (2003) TV
• Focus on Jim Jarmusch (2002) TV
• ¿Quién es Alejandro Chomski? (2002)
• V.I.P. (2001) TV
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me (2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (2000) TV
• Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998) TV
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1998) TV
• Divine Trash (1998)
• Pop Odyssee 2 - House of the Rising Punk (1998) TV
• Year of the Horse (1997)
• We're Outta Here! aka The Ramones (1997) Video
• R.I.P., Rest in Pieces (1997)
• The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)
• American Cinema (1995) TV
• Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
• Fishing with John (1991) TV
• Fräulein Berlin (1983)

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References

1. ^ Film Comment 28:3, June 1992 [1]

Further reading

• Ludvig Hertzberg (2001). Jim Jarmusch: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-379-5.

External links

• Jim Jarmusch at the Internet Movie Database
• The Jim Jarmusch Resource Page
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• An analysis of Coffee and Cigarettes
• A Jim Jarmusch interview
• Interview at The Onion A.V. Club
• Another interview at The Onion A.V. Club
• Coffee and Cigarettes official site
• Jim Jarmusch's Golden Rules
• "The 'Quirky' New Wave" at Alternate Takes
• NNDB Bio-Info
• Interview with The Guardian