7x Jarmusch

American rebel with European sensitivity, existentialist, poet, cinephile, musician in love with jazz and rock, creator endowed with an abstract sense of humour – Jim Jarmusch is the king of independent cinema, inseparably connected with the history of Gutek Film. In the early 90s, thanks to the efforts of Roman Gutek, Polish audiences had a chance to get acquainted with Jarmusch's work for the first time and see his early films on the big screen. Later in its 25-year history, Gutek Film also introduced more recent titles by the American master, such as Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Only Lovers Will Survive (2013), Paterson (2016), or Gimme Danger (2016). The "7x Jarmusch" review will present seven of the American master's early films, which will be released in cinemas nationwide and then on the New Horizons VOD platform.

Laconic, rough, with a vestigial plot and ascetic artistic means, immersed in a tart sense of humour – Jim Jarmusch's early cinema is so distinct that it could constitute a separate genre. Drawing inspiration from the works of French New Wave filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Melville, Jarmusch's minimalist style favours mood over narrative structure and blends the American film tradition with European and Japanese influences. His long, languid shots create space for chance encounters, small gestures and fleeting acts of intimacy rather than the rigid constraints of plot.

What interests Jarmusch are the people living on the margins of America - rootless outsiders, out of sync with the modern world. Such are the protagonists of the debutant Permanent Vacation and the breakthrough in the director's career About Paradise – lost, young people wandering the streets and city alleys without a specific goal. The three unlucky prisoners from Beyond the Law walk their own paths, as do the Japanese tourists looking for the ghost of Elvis Presley in the film Mystery Train. Also lost in time and space seem to be the passengers and taxi drivers in Night on Earth, as well as an entire generation of Coffee and Cigarettes. Finally, William Blake, the eponymous Truposz, is synonymous with the singular artist.