I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a real collaboration for me. Jim Jarmusch actorcharactercollaboration share on social
What I did was I completed the half-hour film, but before really showing it, I wrote two more sections for a potential feature film which I didn't think would really happen, but at least I had it in case. Jim Jarmusch casecompletefeature share on social
Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy. Jim Jarmusch contradictionembracekind Change image and share on social
When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me. Jim Jarmusch crabendfilm Change image and share on social
Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game. Jim Jarmusch baseballbeautifulgame Change image and share on social
The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same. Jim Jarmusch dialogueechoexist share on social
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. Jim Jarmusch affectbeautifuldavis share on social
Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision. Jim Jarmusch aheadlanguagepoet Change image and share on social
I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way. Jim Jarmusch outlawpoetvisionary Change image and share on social
I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being. Jim Jarmusch blockcharactercliche share on social