I saw this when it came out, went to the cinema with my other half on a rare occasion we managed to do just that. When you rarely go to the cinema the stakes are high: the film has a lot of responsibility. I remember we both pretty much hated it, but on rewatching it now I am easily reminded why. It was primarily the eponymous Paterson’s (Adam Driver) relationship with his wife, Laura (played by Iranian-French actor Golshifteh Farahani) which really wound us up, but it was also the poems that Paterson writes and recites (as if writing by hand, i.e. in that slow, stunted pace).
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
I saw this when it came out, went to the cinema with my other half on a rare occasion we managed to do just that. When you rarely go to the cinema the stakes are high: the film has a lot of responsibility. I remember we both pretty much hated it, but on rewatching it now I am easily reminded why. It was primarily the eponymous Paterson’s (Adam Driver) relationship with his wife, Laura (played by Iranian-French actor Golshifteh Farahani) which really wound us up, but it was also the poems that Paterson writes and recites (as if writing by hand, i.e. in that slow, stunted pace).