Title: beautifully shot, poorly acted, terrible dialouge
Product review: i really like the aesthetic of this film, but not much else. the dialogue in particular is really trite. the characters are all hackneyed caricatures - john lurie as an unconvincing pimp, tom waits as a burnt-out DJ, and roberto benigni as a crazy italian guy. i didn't believe these might be real people for one second - they are very clearly "characters". the film is beautifully shot in black and white, but jarmusch leaves out a few things that would make this film more convincing. waits and lurie meet in prison after each was set-up for different crimes, but the film never delves into why they were set-up. we see very little of the prison aside from their cell. we don't see the escape until they're in the tunnel. we never see any police or dogs, we just hear them. the coming together of nicoletta and roberta is ridiculous.2 stars for the cinematography, 0 for everything else.
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