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Mystery Train

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Mystery Train
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R,1hr 55min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1989
Director:
Jim Jarmusch
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Nicoletta Braschi  ...more
Synopsis: Written and directed by the ever-unpredictable Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train is comprised of three short anecdotes involving foreign tourists in Tennessee. Each story is set in a fleabag Memphis hotel which has been redressed as a "tribute" to Elvis Presley. Story #1 involves two Japanese tourists whose devotion to '50s American rock music blinds them to everything around them. Story #2 finds eternal victim Nicoletta Braschi sharing a room with stone-broke Elizabeth Bracco and having her problems solved ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Mystery Train is one of Jim Jarmusch's wittiest and most perceptive examinations of how America looks to outsiders, as a variety of visitors, from overseas and out-of-town, arrive in Memphis, the birthplace of rockabilly music, Sun Records, and Elvis Presley, whose high-octane music and languid rhythms make it seem exotic even to folks from neighboring states. To a young Japanese couple (Masatoshi ... Full Review
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