JARMUSCH CYCLE : YEAR OF THE HORSE

DIRECTED BY : Jim Jarmusch
DURATION: 84 minutes
GENRE: Documentary
COUNTRY : United States (1996)
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English

The film, directed by Jim Jarmusch, follows a 1996 concert tour and intercuts footage from 1986 and 1976 tours. It’s all shot in muddy earth tones, on grainy Super 8 film, Hi Fi 8 video and 16-mm. If you seek the origin of the grunge look, seek no further: Young, in his floppy plaid shirts and baggy shorts, looks like a shipwrecked lumberjack. His fellow band members, Billy Talbot, Poncho Sampedro and Ralph Molina, exude vibes that would strike terror into the heart of an unarmed convenience store clerk.