Jim Jarmusch (Akron, Ohio, 1953) is back. He, with his unmistakable white hair, his erratic way of speaking, and his skull-shaped ring. "This type of jewelry was made by a guy in New York who was murdered," he comments at a hotel in the Venetian Lido on the shores of the Adriatic during the last Mostra. And he continues: "He made any jewelry you wanted with any material. Which meant he received stolen materials. A drug addict killed him with a screwdriver. His son took over the business. People like Keith Richards got things there. You could ask for anything: a platinum wolf with emerald eyes or whatever. It was incredible. A friend of mine, a tattoo artist, used to launder his cash through his card machine. I'm talking about when tattoos were illegal in New York. He took a liking to me, the guy, and put my photo in his shop. Yes, this ring has been with me for many years."
Regardless, what he presents and the reason for the conversation is the movie, not the ring. Father Mother Sister Brother, in its own way, is also a gem with which the director regains his best rhythm alongside old acquaintances like Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, or Cate Blanchett.
"When I was a teenager, I had long hair and my father rejected me because he said I looked like a girl"
"I do not believe in organized religions, but I do believe there is a single consciousness in the universe. That is my philosophy"
"My cinema is like floral arrangements: You change a single leaf and you see another color. It is very delicate and demanding"