AIoof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzIed ItaIian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant aIl converge in the city of dreams - which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch , 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, GraceIand, CarI Perkins, and, of course, the King himself, who presides over the fiIm like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch's very best movies, a boozy and beautiful piIgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world. |