Review of Paterson (2016) by Brandon S — 17 May 2017
For all of this film's gentleness and beauty, there's something very punk rock about Jim Jarmusch deciding to make a movie about all of the things that you are not supposed to make a movie about: the mundane and the familiar.
The way that I thought of the structure of this film, it is as if each scene is the start to a new conflict that could springboard into another movie, but it never does. Such is life. We experience small conflicts, and we make the choice to pursue them or not.
It is all like if a filmmaker stopped and asked "why not make a movie about the inbetween?" Besides, that is what we spend most of our life doing. The long, mundane goings on separated by brief and ever-so rare moments of excitement. Thanks to, Mr. Jarmusch, for celebrating that in such a way that only he could.
"Paterson" is a poetic masterpiece, and Jarmusch's best achievement since the "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Down by Law" years.
This review of Paterson (2016) was written by Brandon S on 17 May 2017.
Paterson has generally received very positive reviews.
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