Jim Jarmusch's laidback anthology of fateful celebrity meetings lays bare the communal value of everyday objects. In films like Mystery Train (1989) and Night on Earth (1991), Jim Jarmusch has used the format of the vignette to become a biographer of the places and things around us. This form allows for quick case studies that build on each other in a sort of metonymic way as places and objects take on life and become imbued with histories. With 2003’s Coffee and Cigarettes, Jarmusch’s co...
