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Actors: Winona Ryder, Roberto Benigni, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Night on Earth |
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Five taxis, in different cities across the world, take five very different clients to their meetings. In each taxi, an encounter between the driver and the client unfolds.
--Fiona Handyside, Resident Scholar
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This is an extremely funny movie by director Jim Jamusch. Chronicles an hour or so of the lives of 5 different cab drivers in 5 different cities.
--Diana, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Night on Earth |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
If a parody... of
- new yorkers
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
- being oppressed by outside culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- General European
- European (general)
Battle with shrink/bum?
- wisdom from a homeless man or bum
Main Character
Profession/status:
- blue collar
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Italy
- Eastern Europe
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- rude people
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- in awe
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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