Patterson

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Written and directed by the brilliantly poetic Jim Jarmusch, is a movie about a bus driver played by Adam Driver whose name is Patterson who lives in Patterson, NJ. Patterson is a poet whose hero is William Carlos Williams, the most famous poet of Patterson, NJ. The theme… poetry is found in everything, even in the humdrum of day in and day. Prose and poetry is pervasive in every frame, accentuated by an incredible score. The relationship Patterson has with his girlfriend Laura, played by Golshifteh Farahani, and her funny dog is as charming as you can get. I love this movie tremendously, but can accept that a slow paced film looking in on the quirky amorphous life of a bus driver may be not for you.