Eileen Heckart (The Bad Seed)
• Greenaway Short Films: Intervals (1969
The Percussion-Based Score
Steven Kyle
A fascinating freeze-frame of cosmopolitan culture
Mystery Train (#521) screenbound Eileen Heckart (The Bad Seed)Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreamswhich, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its directors customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmuschs