Night on Earth
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CinemaxCriterion ChannelCinemaxHBO MaxCinemaxReleased in 1991, Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth is clearly not an American classic in the sense of belonging to the golden age of Hollywood.By now, the driving has become riskier and the action has gained a faster pace – if one can speak of fast action at all in a film in which action exhausts itself in changes from close shots to two-shots, witty dialogues, and extreme long shots of driving taxis, which alternate with somewhat shaky views from inside the taxi out into the various.
Corky’s departure from this Hollywood neighborhood does not just signify her decline of the offer – it mirrors Jarmusch’s own directorial career. As an independent film maker, Jarmusch’s films do not conform to mainstream Hollywood conventions. His unhurried filming style, characterized by infrequent cuts and static camera movement, is the antithesis of the cut-heavy kinetic cinematography of mainstream narratives.
