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This is filmmaking at its finest, and also at it's most raw, real, and honest. With few ingredients, writer/director Jim Jarmusch still manages to serve up one of the tastiest treats in memory, and it will surely leave a pleasant taste in your mouth and you'll be smiling and wanting more. It's just...characters sitting around having conversations whilst sipping coffee and puffing cigarettes? Really? How can that be any good? Where's the action? Where's the suspense? Well, you're right, that's basically all there is to it, but don't underestimate the power of good storytelling in the hands of the right filmmaker. Jarmusch pulls it off brilliantly. Every second is mesmerizing, and the black and white? Excellent choice! The film is beautiful, the characters are intriguing, and the conversations are interesting, dramatic, and hilarious! I want more!!!

While I am a fan of this director's works, this is not at all his best film. However, it was still enjoyable. There are some very interesting things about it. It starts out a bit slow, but it is nevertheless an interesting look at the struggles and lives of some immigrants. While watching this slow portion I got the feeling that some of the bits were very realistic and may have been based on life.

Later in the film there is an action sequence. It feels very realistic at times but it looked like there was some CGI in there, which sort of took me out of the moment. I think CGI has its place in some of those big blockbuster type of films like Transformers, but with a very realistic movie like this, it almost feels like they added CGI to a documentary or something to make the explosions bigger.

It's still an interesting story, however. It is not a typical story structure either, it feels like they found a new way to tell a story and it works. It may feel a bit odd for some people who watch it but I think that is only because they may be so used to seeing the traditional types of storytelling and this one is a bit different.

This is one of those movies that I can watch again and again, and I have! That is not typically the case with mystery films. After all, once you know the secret what's the point? But this is the exception. The film is fascinating, it is funny, and it is wonderfully acted. The actors share a truly magical onscreen chemistry that you just don't see anymore.