Mystery Train - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)
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Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise, Night on Earth), is Memphis.
Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, Mystery Train is a triptych of stories that pay playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King himself, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch’s very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world.
Region B Blu-ray: Australian compatible
Director-Approved Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
- Excerpts from the 2001 documentary Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
- Original documentary on the film's locations and the rich social and musical history of Memphis
- On-set photos by Masayoshi Sukita and behind-the-scenes photos
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: New essays by writers Dennis Lim and Peter Guralnick