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Mystery Train at 25
It’s hard to believe, but Jim Jarmusch’s film Mystery Train debuted at Cannes 25 years ago in the spring of 1989. The first of the director’s anthology films, Mystery is also the first film Jarmusch shot in color. The film features three separate but interconnected stories about foreigners who find themselves crossing paths at the [...]
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Tagged Arcade Hotel, Cannes, Elvis Presley, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Strummer, Memphis, Mystery Train, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Steve Buscemi, Tennessee
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Spellbound: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Before Alice Cooper, before KISS, before Rob Zombie there was Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. The original shock rocker, Screamin’ Jay’s performances combined outrageous theatrics and costumes with sophisticated songwriting that combined exotic borrowings with elemental rhythm and blues — take the Eastern European waltz tempo of Jay’s classic “I Put a Spell on You” as the [...]
