Mystery Train

REVIEW
Jarmusch continues to explore the theme of strangers in even stranger lands. This time out he uses Memphis, Tennessee, as the backdrop for three interwoven stories which collide in a rundown hotel in the sleazy part of town. The episodes follow a young and very hip Japanese couple who have come to pray at the temple of rock ’n' roll; three Memphis low-lifes on a drunken, brawling and murderous night of debauchery; and a young Italian woman, stranded by the death of her husband and waiting to accompany his coffin back to Italy. Jarmusch delights in the odd-ball quirkiness of his characters.