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Mystery Train is a 1989 comedy-drama anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and set in Memphis, Tennessee. The film is a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists, unfolding over the course of the same night. "Far from Yokohama" features a Japanese couple ( Youki Kudoh and Masatoshi Nagase) on a cultural pilgrimage, "A ...
Nov 17, 1989 · Three stories connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about this 1989 film by Jim Jarmusch.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1989-11-17
Mystery Train. " Mystery Train " is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Originally performed in the style of a Memphis blues or rhythm and blues tune, it was inspired by earlier songs and later became a popular rockabilly song, as first covered by Elvis Presley, then numerous others.
Three unrelated stories unfold in a seedy hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, involving a Japanese couple, a trio of robbers, and the spirit of Elvis Presley. Watch Mystery Train on Prime Video or read critics reviews and ratings.
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- Jim Jarmusch
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- Masatoshi Nagase
Jul 21, 2010 · "Mystery Train" premiered at Cannes 1989, was a great success, and confirmed the promise Jarmusch showed when "Stranger than Paradise" premiered there in 1984. His influence in the1980s resurgence of indie filmmaking is incalculable.
Jan 26, 1990 · Mystery train. The two most evocative words in the language, suggesting streamliners into the night and strangers whose eyes meet in the club car as the train's rhythm creates an erotic reverie. But trains are no longer quite like that in America, and the opening shots of Jim Jarmusch's new film show two young Japanese tourists in a faded Amtrak coach, listening to their Walkmans as the train ...
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Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch’s very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world. Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis.
