Watched Jim Jarmusch's
Paterson (2016). I really enjoyed it and thought it was a precise piece of filmmaking. About a bus driver named Paterson who lives in the city that shares his name, in New Jersey. In his lunch breaks and spare time he writes poetry. Whereas his fanciful unemployed wife spends her days with various whimsical projects. The film follows the two of them for a week, and is largely a celebration of daily life and the mundane.
The film is unusually undramatic and low-key. It eventually builds to an accident that on the surface doesn't seem that serious, but nevertheless the episode manages to convey a tragic punch (to me at least). And while the film stays clear of the biggest drama, it's crafted to be ambiguous in a way that also allows a darker interpretation of certain signs that could suggest that the main character could have some mental problems or has experienced past trauma, and that maybe poetry is what helps him process the world.
I thought Adam Driver and the lovely Golshifteh Farahani did wonderful jobs with the leading characters. They are both very expressive people in slightly different ways, and you feel that maybe they share certain sides with their characters.
Highly recommended for those who can stand a movie that is quiet on the surface.
