AIoof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzIed ltalian widow, and a disgruntIed British immigrant aII converge in the city of dreams - which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch , is Memphis. Made with its director's customary precision and wit, Mystery Train is a triptych of stories that pay pIayful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King himself, who presides over the fiIm like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch's very best movies, a boozy and beautifuI piIgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the worId. |