A Night on Earth
I have seen a couple of Jarmusch films, one of which, Cigarettes and Coffee, for me seems like an excellent springboard to this movie; where the various stories play out with a consistent factor. For the aforementioned movie, every story - and there were a lot of them, consisted of what the title supplies. For this, it is a taxi with the focus on the driver themselves.
And much like C&C the stories aren't outlandish or incredible. They are, for the lack of a better description, every day. And Jarmusch seems to have a fascination with the every day and those of us that traverse that road. He doesn't glamorize or even satirize, he simply delves in, observes, and then pulls away. Displaying moments in life without judgement or evaluation.
An interesting premise and one that could get boring and yet, never really does. Is it the dedication of the actors who bring out all the nuances? I don't know, but it seems there is a greater depth and none appear cliche or incomplete. For me, anyway.
I can't really make a case for a favorite of these 5 locations/stories since each had something worthwhile for each of them and something endearing as well. I should break them each down, but it would various ways of saying: I like this one, liked that one, oh, was good, so was that one. . . lol
I also liked the segue of using a line of clocks with the city names above them and with each new story, it would wind back the minutes to show that, while in different time zones, all of them occurred simultaneously. Nice touch, that.
This was a solid Jarmusch film and one I was thankful to have the opportunity to watch. Thanks @
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