"Got up...got out of bed...dragged a comb across my head" (A Day in the Life) The Beatles
The Everyday can be Seen and Felt, as Mundane or Magnificent. Writer/Director Jim Jarmusch presents a Day in the Life of "Paterson", a City Transit Bus Driver in the City of Paterson, N.J. and Chooses to Show the Mundane as Magnificent.
A Conveniently, Synchronized Name that Announces the "Twin" Dualistic Nature of this Poetic and Beautiful Story. Twins of all sorts Populate the Place. Slightly Removed from the Reality of the Rusty City, perhaps existing in one of those New Fangled Parallel Dimensions that Theoretical Physicists Theorize about.
Existing Side by Side are Upbeat Folks that Acknowledge, through Thoughts and Situations that Things Certainly aren't Perfect, but Soldier On with Optimism and a somewhat Sunny Outlook.
Adam Driver is "Paterson" and His Bubbly, Beautiful Wife (Golshifteh Farahani) spends Her Day Creating Arts and Crafts of all sorts, but Only in Black and White, the Dual Side of Her Colorful Nature.
The Movie is Meditative, Contemplative, and Soothing. An Offbeat Treat, as per usual, for Jarmusch, and Lovers of Art, Poetry, and Low-Key Expressionism are Likely to Like this Diversion from the Cinema of the Everyday.
Others, will Need Patience and acquire an Appreciation for the Minimal.
Note..."Marvin" the Dog is an unlikely centralized onlooker and has the Films most comedic scene, and the most tragic.
