Broken Flowers
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Sun 11 December 2005 // 21:00
Tue 13 December 2005 // 21:30
BROKEN FLOWERS
(Jim Jarmusch / 2005 / USA / 106mins / 35mm / cert15)
starring Bill Murray, Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy, Tilda Swinton
(Sun 11th-Tues 13th @ 9pm + Wed 14th @ 11am (baby cinema) / £2)
Murray stars as aging lothario Don Johnson, a former IT prospector who at the outset of the film is seemingly unmoved by his girlfriend walking out on him. It is only when his mild-mannered neighbour Winston discovers an anonymous letter telling Don that he has a son, that our hero is co-ersed into a roadtrip, visiting his former lovers in an attempt to discover the identity of the mystery writer. Following seemingly insubstantial clues, both protagonist and audience are led down numerous garden paths...
This new feature from Jim Jarmusch- the man who hates the word 'quirkey'- is a real return to form, echoing the lucid charms of DOWN BY LAW and STRANGER THAN PARADISE. Murray again squeezes out another uniquely underplayed performance displaying acute indifference in the face of serious issues. On paper it could look like 'Lost In Translation 2' but was actually penned (with Murray in mind) years before Miss Coppela's double oscar winning Tokyo love story sensation. This piece deserves at least equal awards and acclaim with its heavyweight female suporting cast, plus a hypnotic and groovy soundtrack of reggae and afrobeat.
(Jim Jarmusch / 2005 / USA / 106mins / 35mm / cert15)
starring Bill Murray, Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy, Tilda Swinton
(Sun 11th-Tues 13th @ 9pm + Wed 14th @ 11am (baby cinema) / £2)
Murray stars as aging lothario Don Johnson, a former IT prospector who at the outset of the film is seemingly unmoved by his girlfriend walking out on him. It is only when his mild-mannered neighbour Winston discovers an anonymous letter telling Don that he has a son, that our hero is co-ersed into a roadtrip, visiting his former lovers in an attempt to discover the identity of the mystery writer. Following seemingly insubstantial clues, both protagonist and audience are led down numerous garden paths...
This new feature from Jim Jarmusch- the man who hates the word 'quirkey'- is a real return to form, echoing the lucid charms of DOWN BY LAW and STRANGER THAN PARADISE. Murray again squeezes out another uniquely underplayed performance displaying acute indifference in the face of serious issues. On paper it could look like 'Lost In Translation 2' but was actually penned (with Murray in mind) years before Miss Coppela's double oscar winning Tokyo love story sensation. This piece deserves at least equal awards and acclaim with its heavyweight female suporting cast, plus a hypnotic and groovy soundtrack of reggae and afrobeat.