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Paterson (2016)
This Is Just to Say (This Film Is Fantastic)
In Paterson, we follow the day-to-day routine of local Paterson bus driver and amateur poet, Paterson (Adam Driver). His alarm-less morning wake up; the conversations he overhears on the bus; returning home to his eccentric partner; his nightcap in the local bar. We witness all of these things, along with the subtle nuances each new day brings.
The beauty in this film is rooted in its structural allusionism to the understatedness and simplicity of a William Carlos Williams poem, stopping short of actually being an homage. Since Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch's pivot towards more mainstream cinema has been a wonderful success, this film being no exception.
A relaxed film with some barely perceivable touches of Coen Brothers- esque occultism, courtesy of a pug and several pairs of twins, watch Paterson and be reminded of the simple pleasures of everyday life.