I’m a fan of scrapbooks, the way they look and what they are – fragments, ideas, sketches, juxtapositions of disparate odds and ends, and plans for unrealized things that sometimes function as artworks in their own right. And I’m also interested in the way movies are made by teams of people, all with their own skills and artistic motivations. This short piece in New York puts those interests together and gives me another interest, in the film, The Limits of Control, which is credited to Jim Jarmusch, but which he calls, significantly, “our film”. It sounds like he has a good crew to work with: Isaach De Bankolé, Eugenio Caballero (Pan’s Labyrinth), production design, who made the mentioned scrapbook; Chris Doyle, cinematography. I’m looking forward to this movie now.
I’m a fan of scrapbooks, the way they look and what they are – fragments, ideas, sketches, juxtapositions of disparate odds and ends, and plans for unrealized things that sometimes function as artworks in their own right. And I’m also interested in the way movies are made by teams of people, all with their own skills and artistic motivations. This short piece in New York puts those interests together and gives me another interest, in the film, The Limits of Control, which is credited to Jim Jarmusch, but which he calls, significantly, “our film”. It sounds like he has a good crew to work with: Isaach De Bankolé, Eugenio Caballero (Pan’s Labyrinth), production design, who made the mentioned scrapbook; Chris Doyle, cinematography. I’m looking forward to this movie now.
