:
Masatoshi Nagase,
Masatoshi Nagase,
Yuki Kudoh,
more...
:
Jim Jarmusch,
Jim Jarmusch
see all cast/crew...
:
: MGM
: Cult, Independent
: 110 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
see additional details...
|
|
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
You might also enjoy:
Down By Law
Very amusing black and white jailbreak/travelogue from Jarmusch showed us "eet's a sad and beyootiful world."
Four Rooms
Sillier film is also centered around one hotel's collection of wacky guests; has its moments amidst all the lameness
Heaven's Burning
Youki Kudoh later co-starred with Russell Crowe in this underrated Aussie thriller
|
|
|
|
GreenCine Member Rating
(Average 7.47) 333 Votes
add to list 
|
|
|