Review of Night on Earth (1991) by Peter Rainer for Los Angeles Times — 10 Dec 2006
Jim Jarmusch gives us five different, self-contained episodes in five taxis in five cities on one night. The episodic structure breaks up Jarmusch's usual funky minimalism: It makes it less of a drag. Episodic movies usually don't work; we seem to settle into a story just when it ends and we're thrust into the next one.
But Jarmusch's film may be a special case. Unbroken, his vague, meandering scenarios have sometimes dawdled into oblivion. But here, as in his last film, Mystery Train, the anomie is at least given some variation.
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This review of Night on Earth (1991) was written by Peter Rainer and published by Los Angeles Times on 10 Dec 2006.
Night on Earth has generally received very positive reviews.
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