Review of Down by Law (1986) by Sheila Benson for Los Angeles Times — 15 May 2003
The humor of Down by Law is marginally easier to describe than Stranger Than Paradise, but only because, by now, we have a small idea of Jarmusch's style. It's still a kind of humor that evaporates as you try to explain it.
Also eluding description is the beauty, the street poetry and the precision of the images caught by Jarmusch and his cameraman, the great Robby Muller, whose black-and-white photography illuminated the early films of Wim Wenders.
They have created a dream New Orleans, more succinct and more haunting than the city itself, and Lurie has set it to music.
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This review of Down by Law (1986) was written by Sheila Benson and published by Los Angeles Times on 15 May 2003.
Down by Law has generally received very positive reviews.
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