PATERSON
Now for something down to earth is the release of Paterson. This Jim Jarmusch film stars Adam Driver (Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens). His name is Paterson and he’s a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey. He lives a fairly mundane life with a simple routine. He drives his daily route, he writes poetry into a notebook; he stops in a bar and drinks a single beer; he goes home to his wife, Laura. Now his wife (played by the wonderful Golshifteh Farahani) changes hobbies, interests, careers the way a person changes socks. The difference in personalities should push them away and yet they have a happy marriage.
Just like his past works Jim Jarmusch films are about the journey and where it takes the characters. The interludes of Paterson writing poetry in his notebook are little hallmarks to his seemingly average day. Paterson is a small film deserving of a bigger audience. As an Amazon Studios title, it will definitely get more views than it did when it played on no more than 70 screens during its fourteen-week engagement. Sadly, there are no extras to be found on the Blu-ray.
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