“I thought The Limits of Control could be interpreted in two ways: as the limits of one's self-control; and as the limits of allowing other people's control over one's - consciousness - which I kind of thought was a double meaning that was appropriate.” PeopleWayKindTwoSelfConsciousnessLimitsAppropriateAllowingSelf ControlTwo WaysDouble Meaning Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I know from the past, critics often say my films don't have any plot, that kind of thing. I'm used to being told, "Yeah, it's slow and has no plot."” KnowsKindPastFilmUsedYeahCriticsPlot Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I think people should have the right to bear arms, but they should be limited as to what kinds of guns they can have.” PeopleThinkingShouldKindArmsBearsGunShould HaveRight To Bear Arms Author:Jim Jarmusch
“In Hollywood Westerns even in the Thirties and Forties, history was mythologized to accommodate some kind of moral code. And what really affects me deeply is when you see it taken to the extent where Native Americans become mythical people.” PeopleKindMoralTakenHollywoodCodeNativeFortyNative AmericanAccommodateMoral Code Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I visited Paterson many years ago - 20 some years ago as a kind of day trip because of William Carlos Williams, because of Allen Ginsberg having lived there. And I went to the Great Falls and sat really in the exact same spot as Adam Driver does as Paterson. And I walked around the factory buildings, and I was rereading - I was reading at the time the epic length poem "Paterson" by Williams.” YearsKindDoeFallReadingBuildingYears AgoSpotsSatLengthDriversAdamFactoriesEpicGinsbergRereading Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I had this idea for a long time to make a film about a poet in Paterson named Patterson. I wanted him to be working class. Eventually I thought a bus was a perfect visual way to move him, to drift him through the city, to have a measured kind of routine lifestyle. And all these things kind of congealed into the film "Paterson" eventually.” WayKindLongIdeasWantedFilmMovingPerfectCitiesClassPoetLong TimeLifestyleVisualsRoutineBusWorking Class Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I like all forms of movies. I'm a movie geek, so I watch all kinds of films, but - and I read all kinds of things, too. But the poetry that speaks to me the most directly will contain mundane things, will contain details.” KindFilmFormSpeakWatchesDetailsAll KindsGeekMundane Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.” KnowsWayTryingKindMeanStillsImportantRealMatterPlayFeltCausesDealsRecordsRocksExpressionSceneInspiredRadioPrimariesLiberationPunkGigsStadiumsPunk RockRadio Plays Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm not interested in stories. Stories are interesting but I don't think my head works that way. I remember at age 10 I dreamt of making animated cartoons as loops, something you could just project on your wall and look at from time to time. Kind of, something to stare at, something that's always there.” ThinkingWayLooksKindStoriesAgeRememberInterestingWallProjectsStaringNot InterestedCartoonAnimatedLoopsYour Wall Author:Jim Jarmusch
“You are the accumulations of your experiences at any given point. And when you express something those things come out. The thing is I hate seeing my films when I'm done with them, so I don't look back as a chart of my life, but I leave it as a kind of chart. Though, it is a photograph, captured.” KindDoneFilmHateI HatePhotograph Author:Jim Jarmusch
