"Night on Earth" Jim Jarmusch's urban film that looks behind the scenes of cities on a global scale.

"Night on Earth" synopsis

Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Helsinki. The story of a driver and a passenger in a taxi running in five different cities at the same time.

Index

• Jarmusch, a popular director of the mini-theater era
• An omnibus film that anticipates global sensibilities
• actors from all over the world
• natural and realistic conversation
• Jarmusch group completes
• Music by Tom Waits & Cinematography by Fredric Elms

Jarmusch, a popular director of the mini-theater era

Jim Jarmusch was one of the most popular mini-theatre directors in the 1980s and 1990s.

However, his early masterpieces, `` Stranger Than Paradise '' (1984) and `` Down by Law '' (1986), were shown not at the mini theater but at the Subaru Theater in front of Yurakucho Station.

Until the mid-1980s, there were no mini-theaters around Ginza or Hibiya, and movies that were a bit quirky or would be difficult to show in general were shown at these theaters.

However, after Toho's first mini-theater, Chante Cine (currently TOHO Cinemas, Chante) was opened in Hibiya in 1987, things took a different turn, and movies began to be shown at this theater after `` Mystery Train '' in 1989. .

“Night on Earth” trailer

This marks the beginning of a new era for Jarmusch. Among these, the most popular work at the box office was ``Night on Earth'' (1991), which was released in April 1992.

It had a long run of 21 weeks (about 5 months) and grossed 140 million yen. According to a 2014 survey, it ranked fourth in the history of this theater. (In recent years, single theater shows have been expanded, making it difficult to hold such long-running shows at one theater.)

By the way, 14th place was ``Mystery Train'' and 15th place was `` Dead Man '' (95), both of which were screened for 13 weeks. Three Jarmusch works ranked in the top 20. Jarmusch has become one of Chante's most popular directors, and many of his films have been shown at this theater, up to his latest work, ` `The Dead Don't Die '' (2019) (although in recent years he has added other theaters as well). Expanded release in a single library).

An omnibus film that anticipates global sensibilities