PATERSON

Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer. He goes home to his wife, Laura, whose life is, unlike his, everchanging. New dreams come to her almost daily, each a different and inspired project.  The quiet triumphs and defeats of daily life are observed, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.

JIM JARMUSCH

Jim Jarmusch was born in 1953 in Ohio, USA. He is often ascribed as having instigated the American independent film movement with Stranger than Paradise. The success of the film accorded the director a certain iconic status within arthouse cinema, as an idiosyncratic and uncompromising auteur. He has confirmed this status with successful releases of his subsequent features in the late 1980s, establishing him as one of the generation's most prominent and influential independent filmmakers. He is valued and known for his work as a director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer.