Down By Law
Dir: Jim Jarmusch
1986
*****
"I scream, we scream, we all scream for ice cream!" This is by far the funniest prison break film ever made. The three leads; Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni are on impeccably good form and I know I've said it before but Jarmusch is the coolest filmmaker alive. The film seems effortlessly stylish, sure Waits is one of the coolest men alive and Benigni is one of the funniest but it is Jarmusch's quirky twist in everything he does that makes everything taste better and that really wins through here. Is it my favorite Jarmusch film? It just might be!