1984 - Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring John Lurie, Eszter Balint and Richard Edson★★★★
Not all of the Jarmusch I've seen has worked for me, but this, his first proper feature, is the kind of slice-of-life weirdness where I think his strength lies. Sometimes, that slice is of on-again off-again vampires in Detroit trying to just make their way in the 21st century and sometimes that life is a hitman who follows the bushido code as he protects some really, really low-rent mobsters. There is a joy in his best movies about finding the specialness in the every day, even if sometimes it might feel a bit fantastical.
