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Sometimes life brings some strange surprises
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
Broken Flowers
2005 Directed by Jim Jarmusch
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Kirik çiçekler, Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project, Broken Flowers - Blumen für die Ex, Slomljeno cvijece, Dead Flowers, Tsakismena louloudia, Murtud lilled, Slomljeno cveće
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A film of quiet, droll simplicity, Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers" looks at the complexity of perception. It observes how the people who we touch and who touch us can, to the outside world, define us; and how the things with which they fill their lives define them. Even girded with this knowledge, the outside world may never know the reality of that person or the person they have impacted. Our perception, however, has been born.
The story through which Jarmusch explore this idea follows Don Johnston, played with an easy magnetism by Bill Murray, as he works to track down a woman who claims to have birthed his child 19 years earlier. Setting about the task of finding the unknown…
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A man (artfully played by Bill Murray) receives an anonymous letter telling him he is the father of a son he didn't know he had. A thought-provoking film. Makes you really think about all those bar hookups, and whether maybe you shoulda wrapped it more often.
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The last in Murray's renaissance period, Jarmusch slows things down to a melancholic crawl with endless POV driving shots, Murray starring at stuff, pondering with a frown at the stalemate his life is in. This would most likely become a monotonous bore without Murray in the role, but thankfully he is the first person perspective here and there isn't a moment he isn't on screen. He's one of the few actors who can play it deadly straight with the camera locked off on his face and there are many different conclusions to come to on what he is thinking. This is the joy of Broken Flowers, watching Murray think.
This is a great film to throw on after waking up…
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Winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury for the first time and nominated for the Palme d´Or for the fifth time in 2005, Broken Flowers follows a very similar tradition of Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt (2002) regarding the adventures of an aged man that makes an undesired journey to discover more about his family bonds but ends up discovering more about himself and the importance of the present life.
Dedicated to Jean Eustache, the superior post-Nouvelle Vague independent filmmaker – even if I humbly think that Stranger than Paradise (1984) would have been a much more honorable and appropriate dedication – Broken Flowers opts for common storytelling techniques that circle around a common story that progresses uncommonly. It is…
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Slow-burn character drama-slash-travelogue from Jim Jarmusch featuring Bill Murray, and if that doesn't make you want to go out and watch it there's no secret waiting at the end of the journey that will change your mind. It's basically a series of vignettes bookended by Murray's interaction with Jeffrey Wright doing the best work I've ever seen from him.
For me, the story is about a man who searches through his past for a quilting point in his past that will make his present more recognizable to him. But I've read several other reviews which give different interpretations of the story (about a man who visits a series of his old flames), and I think the real strength of the…
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"Passion's a funny thing" -Carmen,
- Jim Jarmusch Ranked: boxd.it/7FYDo
- 5x5 Directors Challenge 3 (Jim Jarmusch 3/5): boxd.it/7ALXqWhy pink flowers?
When a man finds out he may have a son he visits four old sexual partners to figure out who the mom might be. Bill Murray does his best deadpan delivery of painful dialogue and Jarmusch keeps the direction simple and effective. The conversations with exes are all interesting and the performances are outstanding. The film causes the audiences to reflect on their past and the little ripples in time that their actions can create. It feels just the slightest bit gimmicky and convoluted at times... in a way that's distracting, so it's not a perfect film but it is a fun and cozy watch that I recommend to fans of Murray or Jarmusch.
Moderate recommend.
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“Yeah well, passion's a funny thing.”
This was such a lovely change of pace after watching a month of horror movies. Broken Flowers is a delightfully serene movie; moving along casually and comfortably in typical Jarmusch fashion, taking its time in its own soft and blissful way. It’s entertaining and heartfelt without feeling intense, with charming performances and pretty cinematography, and more than anything, it’s really calming.
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Wow, that's like 25 5 star movies this month. I am starting to think that I really have an issue. Sure the majority of this month is the rewatches of my all time favs, but damn.
Anyways, I love the melancholy feel to this movie. Bill Murray has such a soft presence, it's actually very calming. I had this movie on dvd for 2 YEARS, TWO FUCKING YEARS!!!! and to know that I am just now watching this makes me sad. I love the plot, it's not your average plot.
Now that I have dumped all of my thoughts on you...you should go watch this movie, like now, don't be a fucking dumbo and wait two years to watch it, smh. -
Really wish a little more time was spent with each of the women because their characters seemed so rich. Glorified cameos for so many actresses I adore is probably turning me off of this, but I was prepared to go lower before the ending.
Anyways, happy birthday Jim.
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Pasar de ver a un Bill Murray lleno de vida en On the rocks, a uno que muere en soledad ha sido bastante extraño, lmao.
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"ah yes the classic Bill Murray going thru midlife crisis
I'm starting to like him jarmusch
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Bill Murray sleeping in hotels, having someone that tells him what to do, catching planes and looking for a girl, probably blonde, because he seems to like blondes most (they were 4/5 and you have to consider Tilda is usually blonde)... It all makes sense: the girl he's looking for is Scarlett Johansson
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Road Movie, pero a la ambigüedad del personaje que es Bill Murray, habrá que revisionarla para darle más significados.
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uma das minhas maiores tristezas na vida é saber que nunca vou dar rolê com o Bill Murray
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Bill Murray has the face of a man who's hiding something. By default the third best Sharon Stone performance?
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