I can't possibly do justice to this movie because, frankly, I didn't understand it. I get that it is a sort of adaptation of the epic Paterson poem into a movie, but why would someone do that is beyond me. The acting was good, the direction was excellent, I sincerely cannot imagine a better movie adaptation of the subject, which is a bus driver called Paterson, driving his bus in Paterson.
Now, I guess there could be entire pages dedicated to the film. The way it was made, shot, the rhythm, the analogies to the poetic style, the artistic references in the script, the symbolism and so on. But really, what this film is about is a week in the life of a really introverted bus driver.
Bottom line: you need to be in a certain mood and be a certain kind of person to really appreciate it.
Paterson
2016
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Paterson
2016
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Exactly one week in the life of a young man named Paterson of Paterson, New Jersey is presented. He lives an extremely regimented and routinized life, that routine perhaps most vividly displayed by the fact that he is able to wake up at exactly the same time every day without an alarm. That life includes eating Cheerios for breakfast, walking to work carrying his brown bag lunch packed in his lunch pail by his wife Laura, having a casual chat with his colleague Donny before he begins his shift driving the #23 Paterson bus for the local public transit company, walking home where he straightens out the exterior mailbox which somehow during the day gets knocked crooked, eating dinner with Laura and listening to her goings-on of the day, taking Laura's English bulldog Marvin - who he would admit to himself he doesn't much like - out for a walk to his neighborhood bar where he has one and only one beer before walking home with Marvin. There are day to day variations which are often the result of how certain other routines associated to him manifest themselves, such as what drama will occur in the relationship of Marie and Everett who are always at the bar together despite her always saying that they are no longer together, or in what form Laura's unique and distinctive design sense will affect Paterson's life directly or indirectly. Paterson's keen observances of what happens around him are largely the bases for the poems he writes, he constantly thinking of these and writing them in his secret notebook whenever he has a spare moment during his day. He is influenced by among others Paterson natives such as William Carlos Williams and his epic poem "Paterson". Paterson's writing are largely for himself, although Laura would like him to share more with her and the rest of the world. Something that happens to Paterson this week has the potential to knock his routinized world into a tailspin.
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Poetry as film. Atmospheric, refreshing, really boring.
"Water Fall......Some People Call It Rain"
"Got up...got out of bed...dragged a comb across my head" (A Day in the Life) The Beatles
The Everyday can be Seen and Felt, as Mundane or Magnificent. Writer/Director Jim Jarmusch presents a Day in the Life of "Paterson", a City Transit Bus Driver in the City of Paterson, N.J. and Chooses to Show the Mundane as Magnificent.
A Conveniently, Synchronized Name that Announces the "Twin" Dualistic Nature of this Poetic and Beautiful Story. Twins of all sorts Populate the Place. Slightly Removed from the Reality of the Rusty City, perhaps existing in one of those New Fangled Parallel Dimensions that Theoretical Physicists Theorize about.
Existing Side by Side are Upbeat Folks that Acknowledge, through Thoughts and Situations that Things Certainly aren't Perfect, but Soldier On with Optimism and a somewhat Sunny Outlook.
Adam Driver is "Paterson" and His Bubbly, Beautiful Wife (Golshifteh Farahani) spends Her Day Creating Arts and Crafts of all sorts, but Only in Black and White, the Dual Side of Her Colorful Nature.
The Movie is Meditative, Contemplative, and Soothing. An Offbeat Treat, as per usual, for Jarmusch, and Lovers of Art, Poetry, and Low-Key Expressionism are Likely to Like this Diversion from the Cinema of the Everyday.
Others, will Need Patience and acquire an Appreciation for the Minimal.
Note..."Marvin" the Dog is an unlikely centralized onlooker and has the Films most comedic scene, and the most tragic.
waiting
It's one week in the life of Paterson (Adam Driver). He's a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey. He lives with his wife Laura and their dog Marvin. She dreams of starting a cupcake business. Paterson observes his riders and writes poetry in his notebook. He spends his spare time at Doc's bar.
This is a Jim Jarmusch film through and through. It's silly to talk about plot since there is barely one. Adam Driver is putting together an interesting resume. There is so much behind the facade. He is not asked to do any big acting but he still delivers little moments. The cutest is Paterson forced to use a kiddie cell phone from a little girl after the bus breaks down. Mostly, the film leaves me waiting for something bigger to happen. Nothing ever does but the ride does provide interesting moments.