Jim Jarmusch, Offbeat Spirit

The Cinémathèque québécoise have long wanted to do a retrospective of Jim Jarmusch’s work. Over time, his cinema – which began alongside New York’s no-wave movement and a very hip and aesthetic form of American underground – has gradually ventured into more extravagant territory: acid-fueled western (Dead Man), samurai film in New York (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai), disillusioned vampire film (Only Lovers Left Alive), all between various strolls and wild chases of all kind (Down by Law; Night on Earth; The Limits of Control)... And then, a recent masterpiece, Paterson.