Paterson

Paterson is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film stars Adam Driver as a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and Golshifteh Farahani as his wife, who dreams of being a country music star and opening a cupcake business. Paterson was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palm Dog Award. It was released in Germany on November 17, 2016, by K5 International; in France on December 21, 2016, by Le Pacte; and in the United States on December 28, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street.

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No. I see.

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I'm a bus driver, myself.

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Just a bus driver. A bus driver in Paterson.

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Ah.

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This very poetic. Well, I'm not so sure 'bout that. Yes. This could be poem by William Carlos Williams.

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Did you know interesting French artist Jean Dubuffet was meteorologist on top of Eiffel Tower, Paris, in 1922? - Very poetic. - Yeah. Yeah, Jean Dubuffet. Yeah, he was, uh, he was a meteorologist.

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This I learn from poem by your interesting poet, Frank O'Hara of New York City. Yeah, I read that, too. I like Frank O'Hara.

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The... the New York School. Ah ha.

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I guess you really like poetry, then?

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I breathe poetry.

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So, you write poetry?

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Yes.

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My notebooks. Ah, yeah.

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My poetry only in Japanese.

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No translation.

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Poetry in translation is like taking a shower with a raincoat on.

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I see what you mean.

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I hope this isn't, um, inappropriate behaviour, but may I ask what you're doing here in Paterson? I come here to see city of your interesting poet, William Carlos Williams, who lived and make his poems here in Paterson, New Jersey. - As you know. - Yeah, yeah. He lived here. He was a doctor. Ah ha.

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"Ah ha," what?

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Also Allen Ginsberg is growing up here.

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