Quote Originally Posted by EastsideAl View Post
The New York Times review doesn't make it sound much more interesting from a Detroit perspective. It sounds like Jarmusch has mostly used Detroit and its blight as a stage set for his somewhat passe [[in an '80s hip kind of way) story of disaffected literary vampires. All with little or no interaction with, or interest in, the actual city, its actual people, or what has actually occurred here. Still, I have liked a few of his movies in the past, so I'll probably go see it if it shows anywhere near here, despite the reviews.
Yes well... You cant expect every other movie shot in Detroit to be a documentary about something Detroit. But Detroit is certainly ahead of most cities as a powerful mythmaking environment. it is underrepresented, but I would be happier if a local genius managed to tie up a solid Detroit biopic.