where are you going?

Effie 2022-03-21 09:02:49

Memphis is a huge vehicle for people of all shapes and sizes.

FAR FROM YOKOHAMA - A pair of young rock lovers came to Memphis from Yokohama to start a journey to find the hometown of their idols.
On the street at night,
Jun: If Yokohama knocked down 60% of the buildings, it would be a bit like here.
Shuizi: This is the United States, the city of Alves. There is no Arivis in Japan.
In a dilapidated hotel with no TV, Jun stands by the window.
Mizuko: What are you looking at?
Jun: I'm looking at the city.
Mizuko laughs: 60% of the buildings are demolished, Yokohama is a bit like this place?
Jun: This is not Japan, this is America. ...it's too far from Japan...it's cold.

Early in the morning, waking up in an unfamiliar city is not a pleasant experience in memory or imagination.

A GHOST - She was stranded in Memphis after returning home with her husband's body.
In a restaurant, a man told her the story of Alves' soul. The price was twenty dollars plus a cup of coffee.
To escape the entanglement of the two rascals, she came to the same hotel and stayed with a chattering woman. This woman just broke up with her boyfriend who looks like Alves.
At night, the soul of Arivis descended and stayed up all night. What did he want to express? Perhaps JIM JARMUSCH's original intention was to make a film about Alves.
The next day she took off her wedding ring and put it in her purse. Is this the revelation?

LOST IN SPACE - has been unable to form, throw it away. Steve Bushmee, one of my only two weird actors. It's only three now.

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Extended Reading
  • Duncan 2022-03-21 09:02:49

    Paradoxical roads, short films of mutual succession. On Earth Night in Memphis, the trains burst into the neon lights, and people passed by. The same geographical location and the same charming scenery piece together the scattered time, as if the veins were cut but always closely maintained. A good one fades in and out, the opening is gradual, and the ending is not finished, and the loop is completed with the sound of the train passing the track. Boundless put on his luggage and dived into a more mysterious night with the train.

  • Madyson 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The desolate city, the passers-by, Steve Buscemi's character is always so unlucky...

Mystery Train quotes

  • Mitzuko: Hi! Good night!

    Night Clerk: Good night. How may I help you?

    Mitzuko: Umm... We would like most cheap room please do you have?

    Night Clerk: All our rooms for two people are the same rate.

    Mitzuko: Oh.

    Jun: (speaking in Japanese) What'd he say?

    Mitzuko: (speaking in Japanese) I'm not exactly sure. (In English) I'm sorry, that is too expensive.

  • Mitzuko: Jun, why do you only take pictures of the rooms we stay in and never what we see outside while we travel?

    Jun: Those other things are in my memory. The hotel rooms and the airports are the things I'll forget.