Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Live by the code. Die by the code.
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: November 17, 2020
- Originally Released: 1999
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Forest Whitaker | |
Performer: | John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Frank Minucci, Richard Portnow, Tricia Vessey, Henry Silva, Gene Ruffini, Frank Adonis, Victor Argo, Damon Whitaker, Chuck Jeffreys, Vinny Vella, Joe Rigano, Isaach De Bankolé, Camille Winbush, Gary Farmer, Sharon Angela & RZA | |
Directed by | Jim Jarmusch | |
Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz | |
Music by | RZA | |
Screenwriting by | Jim Jarmusch | |
Art Direction by | Mario Ventenilla | |
Produced by | Jim Jarmusch & Richard Guay | |
Director of Photography: | Robby Müller | |
Voice: | Harry Shearer |
Entertainment Reviews:
82%
TOMATOMETER
...Rueful, funny, deliciously off-kilter...
Los Angeles Times
...Jarmusch seems to have directed with his tongue in his cheek, his hand over his heart, and his head in the clouds. The result is weirdly intriguing...
Chicago Sun-Times
...A master-mix from a cinematic DJ at the height of his formalist powers...
Premiere
...Fascinating....[Jarmusch] has composed a ruminative, bittersweet visual essay on brutality, honor and tribalism...
New York Times
[Whitaker's] special quality, which is soulful, almost Zenfully mournful, suffuses Jim Jarmusch's haunting film about a contemporary hit man who obeys the ancient Samurai code...
Wall Street Journal
...Amusing and melancholic, sweet-centred and dark-edged...
USA Today
Product Description:
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern-day warrior who lives on a rooftop shack. He spends his days breeding pigeons and playing chess in the park with his best friend, Raymond (Isaach de Bankolé), a French-speaking ice-cream man. At night he goes to work as a hit man, performing his tasks stealthily and invisibly, abiding by the codes established by HAGAKURE: THE BOOK OF THE SAMURAI, an 18th-century text. One night, while on his latest hit, Ghost Dog encounters a mob boss's beautiful daughter, Louise (Tricia Vessey). Although Ghost Dog leaves her unharmed, her father nonetheless orders Ghost Dog's execution, to the dismay of Louie (John Tormey), his loyal retainer. As the mobsters struggle to locate the mysteriously untraceable Ghost Dog, he must find a way to protect himself while remaining loyal to Louie and the ancient codes that define him as an individual. Jarmusch successfully tackles a variety of genres with GHOST DOG, including mob movies and spiritual samurai films. Fusing all of this with the RZA's thumping, atmospheric score, GHOST DOG remains another lighthearted, entertaining addition to Jarmusch's impressive filmography.
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