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Actors: Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Down by Law |
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DOWN BY LAW is a movie written and directed by Jim Jarmush in 1986. The picture was nominated in the Best Film Category at the Cannes Film Festival.
A DJ, a pimp and an amateur italian gambler meet in prison after having each been set up. At first, there isn't any communication between them but, after a few weeks, they get along well. They escape from prison and run away into the Louisiana swamps. Between Roberto, the italian dreamer who knows only a few english words, Jack, the pimp, and Zack, the DJ who utters three words a day at the maximum, a strange friendly relation will arise while they are forgetting their differences.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Down by Law |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals (shown sympathetically) on the run
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from prison/confinement
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- lifeboat
- river
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- New Orleans
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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