some coming from the film’s production
interview with co-writer Michael Miner
• Greenaway Short Films: Intervals (1969
A fascinating freeze-frame of cosmopolitan culture
Mystery Train (#521) screenbound some coming from the film’sAloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreamswhich, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its directors customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmuschs