Viewers gradually learn the film's language as its action develops and as they are presented with new ideas that appear to be interconnected with concepts presented before.
Jarmusch manages to combine language and imagination as he presents viewers with his characters and as he emphasizes the individuality of each character through having him or her put across his or her thinking, dilemmas, and position in regard to life. The director virtually wanted to introduce his ideas in a piece of work that would successfully manage to express these respective concepts. Some might be confused with his thinking at various points of the film, but he appears to have anticipated this and starts each chapter in the motion picture through presenting viewers with a whole new story and with the opportunity to get a thorough understanding of what is happening in each scene.
Viewers focus on the relationship between cab drivers and their passengers as Jarmusch attempts to create different backgrounds for each character in his motion picture. Although the storyline seems improvised at times, the fact that the director rapidly recovers each scene makes it possible for viewers to understand that Jarmusch was actually interested in having audiences feel that they are presented with a real story, one that relates to the personal beliefs and to the lives of a diverse set of people who are more or less similar to their peers. All chapters in the film present a character (s) who is (are) prejudiced and a character that manages to demonstrate that life is not all about one's appearance, as the respective person's background is especially important. Jarmusch uses the urban environment as a common setting for his chapters but has most of his characters display unique features,...
None of the characters appears to identify with the locations in the film and all of them seem to be relatively similar at times -- they are individuals who know little or nothing regarding their peers, but who express interest in finding out more regarding these people or in wanting to put across their personal experiences.
Jarmusch's film presents an environment where no one is who he or she appears he or she is and where no one feels comfortable regarding his or her condition. The motion picture puts across abstract elements and can be categorized as art because it presents viewers with the director's thinking through firstly presenting them with information that they are able to comprehend. The artwork employs both expression and creativity in putting across a series of concepts concerning culture, abstractness, and human nature as a whole.
Even though Jarmusch's characters appear easy to understand at first, they gradually develop into abnormal individuals. Everything about them is unpredictable, considering that they seem determined in regard to expressing their individuality. In spite of the fact that the director introduces concepts like honesty and clearness in the motion picture, his visionary character intervenes at times and makes it possible for viewers to understand that there is nothing ordinary about this film. The artwork encompasses several elements like humor, emotiveness, and drama in presenting the world with this director's perspective in regard to society.
Bibliography:
Collingwood, Robin George, "The principles of art," Oxford University Press, 1958.
Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Night on Earth. Fine Line Features, 1991.
