SummaryJarmusch's spiritual gangster film tells the story of an inner-city hit man (Whitaker) who lives on a rooftop, training himself as a samurai in the strictest sense. He communicates primarily by carrier pigeon, while remaining loyal to a gangster (Tormey) who once saved his life.
SummaryJarmusch's spiritual gangster film tells the story of an inner-city hit man (Whitaker) who lives on a rooftop, training himself as a samurai in the strictest sense. He communicates primarily by carrier pigeon, while remaining loyal to a gangster (Tormey) who once saved his life.
A masterpiece that puts many issues in scene in a very poetic way, as Jarmush knows how to do. A film about a man who embodies the transmission of knowledge and wisdom in a society that respects neither one nor the other; a being in love with the past, but turned towards the future, in a world that cultivates lies and forgetfulness.
Nothing to say...just see and learn the samurai's lessons! sometime a real japonease samurai shows that way,in other fantastic cas a black guy shows the way out,thank you jim jarmush
Magnificent movie, one of Jarmush's best. And if you happen to be into Zen philosophy, hiphop music, and gangster flicks like me, you'll give it a 10 as well.
Ghost Dog is entertainment at its finest! With the Way of the Samurai, Ghost Dog will always be a great movie to watch and stay entertained and you'll keep on living up its old classic name of Ghost Dog.
A Melting Ice Cream Cone.
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai
Jarmusch has an exonerating comic book quality. Dipped in an ancient cultural theme, Jim Jarmusch, the writer and director, accounts in all these events and ideologies for a clean easy action drama flick. This is a quality product, not a thought provoking drama, but incredibly rich in details, where there are barely any words spoken. Jarmusch also uses animals like dogs and bears and pigeons and even woodpecker to explain the spookiness. Addition to that, he also adds a cartoon-ish world in all the television scenarios to express the guns duels or how a girl welcomes all the birds in her house.
But amongst all these metaphors, the one where Forest Whitaker observes a hunter being hunted by the victim, somehow paints the picture of the entire film. This employer gone wrong to the employee case, might be old but the heat extracted from that very ripped off storyline is a breath of fresh air. Another brilliant installation is of his unexpected relation with a girl and the ice cream seller. The girl whom he teaches by giving her a book to read somehow links and encircles all the character where the book is passed upon.
The parchment is every now and then displayed with some sort of profound poetry and a useful piece of information for an insight in the character's perspective as Whitaker is not your talkative neighbor. Whitaker in this conserved brooding character charges at you with fear and a lot of empathy with his love for innocent beings, whether it be coming then from his read and applied books or just his nature. Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai is similar to its slick homemade gadget, sharp and precise in its work, Jim means nothing but business in his new territory.
The story progression is painfully slow. I almost fell asleep watching the first 10 minutes of this film. Then I have to click fast forward to see what really is in store for this movie. Sadly there is not much to see. Ghost dog is plainly boring. There are so many dull moments. For example what is with the walking in the beginning of this film. And what's with the birds flying and flying and flying around. What a waste of video time.
Un film aberrant et volontiers pontifiant du début à la fin… une sorte de donneur de leçon à la petite semaine, sauf qu’il ne sait pas ce qu’il fait ou est en train de faire, à part citer le bushido n’importe comment et suivre son agenda progressiste pro-diversité des minorités afin de les rendre majoritaires…
On observe d’ailleurs une diabolisation patente des Blancs (les mafieux sont méchants et cons) face aux Noirs (les gentils gangs de Noirs et bien entendu le gentil tueur à gages noir incarné par l’abruti (et idiot) du village, Forest Whitaker (Gump). Sans compter le gentil Noir, vendeur de glaces qui baragouine son dialecte des îles… et la gamine noire très intelligente qui lit des livres compliqués.
On a donc ici l’assassin noir trop stylé à la démarche pourtant étrange de clochard boîteux handicapé au regard torve qui vole des voitures de luxe (uniquement) pour écouter son rap de merde (pléonasme) afin de se rendre sur les lieux de son prochain crime. Cependant, il pourrait prendre un taxi parce qu’en Classe S ou en XJS, il risque de se faire arrêter par les flics à mon à avis…
En tout cas, il manie aussi le sabre quand il ne relit pas régulièrement ‘****’… et ce simple fait suffit à hisser directement le film au rang de chef-d’oeuvre chez les bobos de tous horizons, bien entendu ! même la fin est grotesque (comme le reste de cette caricature navrante) et se révèle un quasi non-sens englué dans sa prétention de film intello-bobo gauchiste !
Production Company
JVC Entertainment Networks,
Canal+,
Bac Films,
Pandora Filmproduktion,
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD),
ARD Degeto Film,
Plywood Productions