We give Jim Jarmusch’s vignettes a closer look as we travel across 5 time zones on one night in 1991, and experience 5 separate taxi rides. BONUS CONTENT Essays: <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/570-night-on-earth-los-angeles-passing-through-twilight"> Los Angeles</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/571-night-on-earth-new-york-jim-jarmusch-poet"> New York</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/572-night-on-earth-paris-talk-the-talk"> Paris</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/573-night-on-earth-romesuperficial-impressions-about-jarmusch"> Rome</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/574-night-on-earth-last-stop-helsinki"> Helsinki</a> Music: <a href="https://orcd.co/af_genevafreeport">“The Endless Scroll” by Absolutely Free</a> courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follow us online @SurprisingCrit <a href="https://twitter.com/SurprisingCrit">Twitter</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/SurprisingCrit/">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/surprisingcrit">Facebook</a>

17. The Big Chill (1983)

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