list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Mystery Train on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Mystery_Train/23918/default.aspx Title: Mystery Train
Year: 1989
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Plot: Written and directed by the ever-unpredictable Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train is comprised of three short anecdotes involving foreign tourists in Tennessee. Each story is set in a fleabag Memphis hotel which has been redressed as a "tribute" to Elvis Presley. Story #1 involves two Japanese tourists whose devotion to Elvis blinds them of everything around them. Story #2 finds eternal victim Nicoletta Braschi sharing a room with stone-broke Elizabeth Bracco and having her problems solved by a spectral vision of The King. And story #3 offers the further misadventures of Bracco, her no-good boyfriend and her dysfunctional family. Any film that features Screamin' Jay Hawkins as a hotel clerk has us squarely in its pocket. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:49:17 GMTMystery Train1989Jim JarmuschWritten and directed by the ever-unpredictable <a href="/players/P____95892/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jim Jarmusch</a>, Mystery Train is comprised of three short anecdotes involving foreign tourists in Tennessee. Each story is set in a fleabag Memphis hotel which has been redressed as a "tribute" to <a href="/players/P___107032/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Elvis Presley</a>. Story #1 involves two Japanese tourists whose devotion to Elvis blinds them of everything around them. Story #2 finds eternal victim <a href="/players/P_____8136/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Nicoletta Braschi</a> sharing a room with stone-broke <a href="/players/P____82710/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Elizabeth Bracco</a> and having her problems solved by a spectral vision of The King. And story #3 offers the further misadventures of Bracco, her no-good boyfriend and her dysfunctional family. Any film that features Screamin' Jay Hawkins as a hotel clerk has us squarely in its pocket. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide11Tag Target (>10)15333http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t056903kdse.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Mystery_Train/23918/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/What_is_your_favorite_movie_directed_by_Jim_Jarmus/657/42037/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 5/5/2009 1:56:36 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Jim Jarmusch's latest release The Limits of Control is having a limit release very shortly here. I'm quite excited to see it as Jarmusch is one of my very favorite directors. I'm curious to see what he does in the thriller genre. Another of my fovorite directors Hal Hartley who sometimes gets thrown in similar categories as Jarmusch did a fantastic job with his take on the genre with the recent Fay Grim, so I have some hope. Anyone else here a big Jarmusch fan? Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Broken FlowersCoffee and CigarettesDead ManDown By LawGhost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiMystery TrainNight on EarthPermanent VacationStranger Than ParadiseYear of the Horse
]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:56:36 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls5/5/2009 1:56:36 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Jim Jarmusch's latest release The Limits of Control is having a limit release very shortly here. I'm quite excited to see it as Jarmusch is one of my very favorite directors. I'm curious to see what he does in the thriller genre. Another of my fovorite directors Hal Hartley who sometimes gets thrown in similar categories as Jarmusch did a fantastic job with his take on the genre with the recent Fay Grim, so I have some hope. Anyone else here a big Jarmusch fan? Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Broken FlowersCoffee and CigarettesDead ManDown By LawGhost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiMystery TrainNight on EarthPermanent VacationStranger Than ParadiseYear of the Horse http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_March_23_Hotels_Motels_Inns/625/41239/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/25/2009 2:01:25 PM
Body: The first movie I thought of was a movie I've only seen about five minutes of, Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. Has anyone here seen all of it? [quote user="leeroy711"] Barton Fink and Dirty Pretty Things are a couple of my faves that I think everyone should take a gander at. The hotel in Barton Fink is pretty much a character itself.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition.[/quote] These are some of my favorites as well! Good selections! Fear and Loathing really allows me to live out my vicarious experience of totally trashing a hotel room along with the fear accompanying such manic behavior without actually putting myself in danger. Has anyone seen. I would also like to mention Mystery Train from the great Jim Jarmusch! Several different stories all taking place around the same time in a hotel. Another funny one with multiple stories in different rooms in the same hotel, each story done by a different director is Four Rooms. It gets better as it goes. Hotel Rwanda is another obvious one with the name in the title. Hotels often being ominous places in movies I've found, this one is actually a sort of sactuary (although still dangerous) Although if you really want to get away and relax, take a trip with Monsieur Hulot on his holiday with a resort hotel full of quirky people. Or just scam your way into a luxery New York hotel with a tape recorded and some of your dad's credit cards like Kevin McCallister did in Home Alone 2. Bergman's The Silence takes place entirely within a hotel as well I believe. Hotels in movies are often interesting little microcosms. Sometimes these microcosms are seen in apartment complexes as well. Has anyone seen The Decalogue?
]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:25 GMTRisseladaWeekly Theme3/25/2009 2:01:25 PMThe first movie I thought of was a movie I've only seen about five minutes of, Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. Has anyone here seen all of it? [quote user="leeroy711"] Barton Fink and Dirty Pretty Things are a couple of my faves that I think everyone should take a gander at. The hotel in Barton Fink is pretty much a character itself.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition.[/quote] These are some of my favorites as well! Good selections! Fear and Loathing really allows me to live out my vicarious experience of totally trashing a hotel room along with the fear accompanying such manic behavior without actually putting myself in danger. Has anyone seen. I would also like to mention Mystery Train from the great Jim Jarmusch! Several different stories all taking place around the same time in a hotel. Another funny one with multiple stories in different rooms in the same hotel, each story done by a different director is Four Rooms. It gets better as it goes. Hotel Rwanda is another obvious one with the name in the title. Hotels often being ominous places in movies I've found, this one is actually a sort of sactuary (although still dangerous) Although if you really want to get away and relax, take a trip with Monsieur Hulot on his holiday with a resort hotel full of quirky people. Or just scam your way into a luxery New York hotel with a tape recorded and some of your dad's credit cards like Kevin McCallister did in Home Alone 2. Bergman's The Silence takes place entirely within a hotel as well I believe. Hotels in movies are often interesting little microcosms. Sometimes these microcosms are seen in apartment complexes as well. Has anyone seen The Decalogue? http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/27/40717.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:02:08 PM
Body: In episode #108, we posed a simple question: Which movie should be turned into a graphic novel? Your responses to the question became the fodder for a great conversation. Turning the typical page-to-screen progression on its head, we dig into the strengths and weaknesses of each medium. We discuss the possibility of seeing Mystery Train, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Zardoz, Hero, Die Hard, and Gangs of New York crammed into little action-packed drawings. We check in with Karina for a hindsight conversation about awards season. She poses the question: Who would win in a fight, Benjamin Button or Iron Man? The answer is as obvious as it seems, but not for the reason you think. Want to win a copy of Watchmen: The Official Film Companion? Send us an e-mail telling us what film you think has the best production design in entire history of cinema. It’s that simple. E-mail filmcouch [at] spout [dot] com. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - From film to comic. 26:40 - The Oscars. What happened? filmcouch-110 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:02:08 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/27/2009 6:02:08 PM In episode #108, we posed a simple question: Which movie should be turned into a graphic novel? Your responses to the question became the fodder for a great conversation. Turning the typical page-to-screen progression on its head, we dig into the strengths and weaknesses of each medium. We discuss the possibility of seeing Mystery Train, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Zardoz, Hero, Die Hard, and Gangs of New York crammed into little action-packed drawings. We check in with Karina for a hindsight conversation about awards season. She poses the question: Who would win in a fight, Benjamin Button or Iron Man? The answer is as obvious as it seems, but not for the reason you think. Want to win a copy of Watchmen: The Official Film Companion? Send us an e-mail telling us what film you think has the best production design in entire history of cinema. It’s that simple. E-mail filmcouch [at] spout [dot] com. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - From film to comic. 26:40 - The Oscars. What happened? filmcouch-110 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/2/27/40678.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 2/27/2009 6:01:09 PM
Body: In episode #108, we posed a simple question: Which movie should be turned into a graphic novel? Your responses to the question became the fodder for a great conversation. Turning the typical page-to-screen progression on its head, we dig into the strengths and weaknesses of each medium. We discuss the possibility of seeing Mystery Train, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Zardoz, Hero, Die Hard, and Gangs of New York crammed into little action-packed drawings. We check in with Karina for a hindsight conversation about awards season. She poses the question: Who would win in a fight, Benjamin Button or Iron Man? The answer is as obvious as it seems, but not for the reason you think. Want to win a copy of Watchmen: The Official Film Companion? Send us an e-mail telling us what film you think has the best production design in entire history of cinema. It’s that simple. E-mail filmcouch [at] spout [dot] com. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - From film to comic. 26:40 - The Oscars. What happened? filmcouch-110 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore
]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:01:09 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com2/27/2009 6:01:09 PM In episode #108, we posed a simple question: Which movie should be turned into a graphic novel? Your responses to the question became the fodder for a great conversation. Turning the typical page-to-screen progression on its head, we dig into the strengths and weaknesses of each medium. We discuss the possibility of seeing Mystery Train, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Zardoz, Hero, Die Hard, and Gangs of New York crammed into little action-packed drawings. We check in with Karina for a hindsight conversation about awards season. She poses the question: Who would win in a fight, Benjamin Button or Iron Man? The answer is as obvious as it seems, but not for the reason you think. Want to win a copy of Watchmen: The Official Film Companion? Send us an e-mail telling us what film you think has the best production design in entire history of cinema. It’s that simple. E-mail filmcouch [at] spout [dot] com. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - From film to comic. 26:40 - The Oscars. What happened? filmcouch-110 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore http://www.spout.com/groups/Criterion_Collection/Re_Why_I_only_want_to_buy_Criterion_Collection/115/31329/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 6/17/2008 1:48:34 PM
Body: [quote user="Smooth_J"] [quote user="Risselada"] Oh man, Down by Law used to be my favorite, but now I think Night on Earth is. I've only seen the Down by Law criterion release though, so I don't know what you get with Night on Earth. I've been meaning to buy it. Seriously Stranger than Paradise is just as good though. If you loved Dead Man, Down by Law is probably the closest all around, so maybe that's the best place to go next of the three. [/quote] Dang, I went on and ordered Stranger than Paradise...I'm pretty sure my impulsive reasoning was the fact that Jarmush's first film was a part of the set as well. Two for one I guess? I probably should've gotten Down by Law, it looked like the most interesting of the three. [/quote] Stranger than Paradise is still great and Permanent Vacation is fairly good. But Down by Law is him really coming into his own. And Night on Earth is just so much fun with all of the different locations and actors he was able to begin to attract. Mystery Train fits well between there too, but I don't think it's on Criterion.
]]>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:48:34 GMTRisseladaCriterion Collection6/17/2008 1:48:34 PM[quote user="Smooth_J"] [quote user="Risselada"] Oh man, Down by Law used to be my favorite, but now I think Night on Earth is. I've only seen the Down by Law criterion release though, so I don't know what you get with Night on Earth. I've been meaning to buy it. Seriously Stranger than Paradise is just as good though. If you loved Dead Man, Down by Law is probably the closest all around, so maybe that's the best place to go next of the three. [/quote] Dang, I went on and ordered Stranger than Paradise...I'm pretty sure my impulsive reasoning was the fact that Jarmush's first film was a part of the set as well. Two for one I guess? I probably should've gotten Down by Law, it looked like the most interesting of the three. [/quote] Stranger than Paradise is still great and Permanent Vacation is fairly good. But Down by Law is him really coming into his own. And Night on Earth is just so much fun with all of the different locations and actors he was able to begin to attract. Mystery Train fits well between there too, but I don't think it's on Criterion. http://www.spout.com/blogs/phantasma-gore-ia/archive/2007/2/15/5492.aspx Post By: Phantasma-gore-ia
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Post Date: 2/15/2007 1:13:37 AM
Body: Just that. There is literally nothing to say about this dreadful, tiresome, keenly overworked yawn-fest except that's it's as terrible as the other terrible movie of his I was forced to see for film class in college, to wit Down by Law. The only worthy scene in this miserable thing is an interesting sequence where the girl in the cover image takes out and lights her boyfriend's cigarette with her bare feet, manipulating the pack and lighter with her prehensile toes. See if you dare, but don't say I didn't warn you about this hack's dismally vapid drivel. He might be able to operate a camera, but the typewriter should have been taken away from him years ago and in fact used to beat him severely about the head and shoulders. That I would pay to see.
]]>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:13:37 GMTPhantasma-gore-iaPhantasma-gore-ia Blog2/15/2007 1:13:37 AMJust that. There is literally nothing to say about this dreadful, tiresome, keenly overworked yawn-fest except that&#39;s it&#39;s as terrible as the other terrible movie of his I was forced to see for film class in college, to wit Down by Law. The only worthy scene in this miserable thing is an interesting sequence where the girl in the cover image takes out and lights her boyfriend&#39;s cigarette with her bare feet, manipulating the pack and lighter with her prehensile toes. See if you dare, but don&#39;t say I didn&#39;t warn you about this hack&#39;s dismally vapid drivel. He might be able to operate a camera, but the typewriter should have been taken away from him years ago and in fact used to beat him severely about the head and shoulders. That I would pay to see. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/ghost/MemberTagFilms.aspxghost
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