| Description |
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 401 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 401.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio). |
| Language |
Dialogue in French, English, Italian, and Finnish, with English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankolé, Béatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Tomi Salmela. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music by Tom Waits. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| Summary |
A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death. |
| Contents |
Passing through twilight / Thom Andersen -- Jim Jarmusch: poet / Paul Auster -- Talk the talk / Bernard Eisenschitz -- Superficial impressions about Jarmusch / Goffredo Fofi -- Last stop: Helsinki / Peter Von Bagh. |
| Note |
Special features: selected-scene commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin; Q & A with Jim Jarmusch; 1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch. |
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Booklet includes essays by Thom Andersen, Paul Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh and the lyrics to Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan's songs from the film. |
| Subject |
Taxicabs -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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City and town life -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Paris (France) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Rome (Italy) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Helsinki (Finland) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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FOREIGN FILMS (FINNISH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953-
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Ryder, Winona, 1971-
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Rowlands, Gena.
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Esposito, Giancarlo.
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Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939-
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Pellonpää, Matti, 1951-1995.
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Salmela, Tomi.
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Waits, Tom, 1949-
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Rabinowitz, Jay.
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Väänänen, Kari.
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Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956-
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Mueller-Stahl, Armin, 1930-
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Perez, Rosie.
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Bankolé, Isaach de.
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Benigni, Roberto.
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Dalle, Béatrice, 1964-
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Elmes, Frederick.
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Kunin, Drew.
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Andersen, Thom.
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Auster, Paul, 1947-
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Eisenschitz, Bernard.
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Fofi, Goffredo.
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Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014.
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Brennan, Kathleen.
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Janus Films.
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Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Channel Four Films (Firm)
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Pandora Film (Firm)
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Pyramides (Firm)
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Studio Canal+.
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J.V.C. Company of America.
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Locus Solus (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1934121819 |
| Standard No. |
715515025423 |
| Music No. |
CC1711D Criterion Collection |
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