“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 have a real respect for tobacco as a substance, and it just seems very funny how the Western attitude is, "Wow, people are addicted to this, think of all the money you can make off it."” PeopleThinkingRealSeemsAttitudeWesternSubstanceWowTobacco 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 love riding on a bus now because you're looking down on the world from not too high of an angle, but people on the street rarely look up into the bus. They're sort of oblivious to this big giant machine, you know, passing by. So there's something very beautiful about the angle that you look at the world through.” PeopleKnowsWorldLooksBigsBeautifulStreetsMachinesPassingPassingsGiantsLook UpBusRidingAngleVery BeautifulObliviousLooking DownPassing By Author:Jim Jarmusch
“My films are about the little things that happen between people that are sometimes far more valuable and insightful than the big dramatic things that happen.” PeopleLittlesSometimesBigsHappensFilmValuableDramaticLittle ThingsInsightful Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I like marginal characters, I like real people. I learn more from talking to my plumber when he comes to fix my toilet than I do from meeting a movie star. I think my movies are in the same vein as that.” PeopleThinkingRealCharacterStarsTalkingMeetingsVeinsMovie StarToiletsPlumber Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Some people would find just the rhythm of my films alone to be a nightmare; they'd probably just fall asleep because they want something quicker. Other people fall into it and it works for them like a dream.” PeopleWantDreamFilmFallRhythmNightmareWant Something Author:Jim Jarmusch
“The Limits Of Control is not surrealism, but it is an experiment in which expectations are deliberately removed: expectations for narrative form, for action in a film, for certain emotional content. We wanted to remove those things and see if we could still make a film that was a beautiful film experience, with deliberately removing things many people would expect.” PeopleIfsStillsActionWantedBeautifulFilmFormCertainEmotionalLimitsExpectationsExperimentsNarrativeRemoveSurrealism Author:Jim Jarmusch
“If you make a film, that magic is not there, because you were there while shooting it. After writing a film and shooting it and being in the editing room every day, you can never see it clearly. I think other people's perception of your film is more valid than your own, because they have that ability to see it for the first time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingFirstsFilmAbilityRoomsMagicPerceptionFirst TimeShootingEditingAbility To See Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm not an analytical person, so it's not my job to even know what the hell the thing meant. It's not my problem. I'm just supposed to do it. Sometimes, people have explained things to me that I might have been semi-conscious of or not.” PeopleKnowsPersonsHas BeensSometimesProblemMightJobsHellConsciousMight Have Been Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Those of us who make films try to make something that we're feeling and that we would like. Then we just hope an audience responds the same way. It's very important to have the electrical circuit made, but I don't have control over how people feel when they flip the switch. So the whole idea of marketing research and test screenings is just foreign to me.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingMadeImportantIdeasWholeFeelingsFilmAudienceResearchTestsMarketingFlipElectricalCircuitsScreening Author:Jim Jarmusch
