Jarmusch Jim is an extremely eccentric personality, "singer of one-story America", a legendary director who removes touching life dramas. He was born in Ohio on January 22, 1953 and, according to critics, "Wherever and wherever Jarmusch makes a movie, he only talks about Ohio with his immense longing." And he succeeds very well - the director has repeatedly received the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival.
Biography
Jim was born in Akron, a typical small town of the American outback. In the family, only the mother had something to do with cinema - she wrote small reviews of new films for the local magazine, and her father worked at the tire factory.
As a child, Jim nearly died, having been poisoned by mushrooms, which prompted him to study biology, but then he left this occupation. At the age of 17, he entered the university at the faculty of journalism, deciding to become a writer, and then went to Paris for a year to continue his education. It was there that he fell in love with the movie and realized what he would do in life.
In 1975, Jim graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in English and, having no experience in cinema, easily entered the New York High School of Art.
Career
The first work of Jarmusch Jim in cinema was the 1980 film "Lightning over Water", though he was only an assistant director, who was his friend Ray Nicholas, who soon died of cancer. The documentary tells about Ray's painful departure from life.
In 1982, Jarmusch made his own film, “Holidays Without End, ” with a budget of just $ 15, 000. This is the story of a homeless teenager Chris living in Manhattan and dreaming of a better life, a story of loneliness and sadness. The film caused a flurry of emotions and immediately fell in love with the audience, making Jarmush famous. However, few knew that Jim spent the grant given to him to create his debut work. However, he received the diploma later, although he did not return the money to the university.
The next picture, “Stranger Than in Paradise, ” which was released in 1984, receives the Cannes Golden Camera Award and quickly becomes a cult. The following works of the director, “Outlaw” in 1986 and released a year later, “Mysterious Train” again receive rave reviews and are nominated for awards.
In 1986, the short film "Coffee and Cigarettes" was released. This playful video was embodied in the full-length anthology of the same name short stories in 2003, where the stars drink coffee, smoke cigarettes and have funny and candid conversations with each other, and laid the foundation for two unusual projects by Jim.
And it was in the process of working on the film that an idea came up that was immediately put into practice - Jim founded the funky "semi-secret" society "Sons of Lee Marvin." Marvin is a cult American actor of the middle of the last century, playing courageous heroes, a vivid example of brutality and patriotism. To get membership in a society, you need to have similarities with Lee and be of a certain age, that is, have every chance of being the son of a star.
In total, Jarmusch made about 20 films and played in 17 films himself. Each of his creations received extremely mixed reviews. Jim's personal life is no different - for twenty years he has been living with a female director Sarah Driver, and they are not in a hurry to become officially husband and wife.
