A purely vibes-oriented movie about a beatnik youth born in the wrong generation, a seeming stand-in of how Jarmusch thinks himself.
The boy, Allie, is portrayed in this romanticized, oversentimental fashion, coming back fresh off the streets—from God knows where—to what seems to be an old but estranged flame. The couple, college age but acting like divorced 40-somethings, paint a picture of either children who grew up too fast or adults suffering a case of arrested development. There, he dances,…
