Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [1999 film]

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
One of my favorite films.

Ghost Dog (Whitaker), an expert mafia assassin living in present-day New York City, lives his life according to the ancient code of the Samurai. Jarmusch somewhat reverses what Kurosawa did in Throne of Blood by bringing Eastern culture to a Western setting. It's a rather fascinating idea, but I can't help but feel that Jarmusch kind of falls into a trap he teeters on almost constantly in his films: while he's so busy creating a slow, brooding atmosphere and interweaving subtle underlying themes, he occasionally forgets that this is still a movie. He still needs to keep the audience entertained. Ghost Dog sometimes moves so slowly that one becomes a little bit bored and anxious. Another thing that doesn't work particularly well in Ghost show more Dog are Jarmusch's signature scenes of off-beat humor that often just come completely out of nowhere. They usually work quite well, such as Iggy Pop's and Billy Bob Thornton's blackly funny scene in Dead Man, but they just feel awkward here. show less

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