jim jarmusch and a director who never neglect to find the time for the little moment and glance and exchange in dialog and that bring out the good ( or less ) in people and put his skill to full force in night on earth . another in his several episodic style film and this time he push forward his great use of pure conversational and and emotional and comedy and as well a drama . in fact and this may be one of the best from the 90 of that kind that come out ( i. e. mix comedy and drama to create some bittersweet vignette ) . inspiration of course pours out from european cinema and but even in the american segment there a sense of genuine pathos with the character . sometimes one style be keep totally consistent and with all comedy in episode four or all tragedy in episode five and or the two style go back and forth like in the first two . the third remain the more ambiguous and and maybe more uncomfortable and segment of the bunch and and even if it might be the less of them all it still fascinate due to the actor . but to get back to the humanism that come on in the film and it not something at all uncommon to jarmusch work . in ghost dog it go a long way to help u not be too leave out of the world of whitaker character and or it make every lady seem all the more odd and unique in broken flower . here since it be meet with a more realistic approach and with situation that could be happen right now at night in these city and i be almost remind of renoir . particularly in the second segment in new york and where there the perfect divide between lightness and over the top lightness be in armin mueller stahl performance a helmut ( german ex clown turned un know cabbie ) and giancarlo esposito performance a yo yo . maybe it because scene like these usually wouldn not make it into amainstream fare and but a sequence like this showcases some great dialog on both side ( and when rosie perez come in and all bet be off ) . stahl especially make the scene work in particular a he almost seem to inhabit this person of an outsider in the ( take for grant ) amaze space of nyc . to say which one be my overall favorite might be a little picky and a every one of them have something to offer differently . there be the cute and and slightly awkward and scene with ryder and rowlands ( maybe one of ryder few gem in her career too and mostly base on style ) . the segment in paris and again and may make one feel a little uncomfortable and but that might be the point . and i love how beatrice dalle role go effortlessly between the bizarre and the almost ironically compassionate . it also the segment which provide a little extra bitter of a touch by way of the ivory coast cabbie and however it do come to pass a be about two outsider thrust into a strange little moment in life . roberto benigni segment be drop dead funny and which be surprising consider the hit or miss way of jarmusch comedy . but benigni be so outrageous in his long monologue it no wonder what become of his passenger . it a terrific mix between benigni voracious style of fast ( but not too fast ) speech and and a sort of silent film kind of comedy and likely out of buster keaton or something . and all of this be accentuate by a carefully control mi en scene of driving ( which be always visually endear ) and where right when youre expect there to be a cut it wait one or two extra second . it a film with a sweet rhythm that doesn not drag like in jarmusch at his bad . the last segment and oddly enough and could be a downer for some . it be for me and until i decide to watch it a second time . this combine the frustration see in bit in the other segment regard a city life that bog down on it inhabitant and and the sympathy that can come out even behind the tough veneer of life live with a shell protect them from idiot . when it come time for matti pellonpaa monologue and it make for the most touching and and a close call for most emotionally striking and thing jarmusch have ever write and put together by his portrayal . what interest even more so be how the film and despite this bleak story and doesn not seem to end too much on that note and due to the last little bit between mika and avi and the drunk passenger . in fact and after watch this a second time and i get to get the sense of what the film might be about get past that separation between a driver do his job and a passenger with their own issue . it also a small ruby of a communication fable and of how life in different city and country may be of course different in speech and attitude and dress and but have similar plight to deal with in the dead of night .