Down by Law (1986)

Down by Law (1986, USA/GER) 107m. ** D: Jim Jarmusch. Starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin. Jarmusch's follow-up to STRANGER THAN PARADISE (and third film) is an anti-movie with a narrative that is barely there. Three losers wind up in a Lousiana prison cell and plot to escape. Sort-of a road movie drama with time to waste, typically quirky stuff, but you're not sure there's a deeper meaning this time. For Jarmusch fans. Excellent black-and-white photography by Robby Müller.


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