One of relatively few musicians with a credible acting career, Tom Waits has amassed an impressive filmography as a character actor. With new roles for David Lowry and The Coen Brothers, and as a taster for HOME’s forthcoming season looking at the relationship between pop stars and cinema we present three Waits classics.
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Cinema
Seven Psychopaths
Marty is a wannabe screenwriter suffering from writer’s block. When his two pooch-napping friends Billy and Hans turn up at his door with a stolen…
Cinema
Rumble Fish
In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions.
Cinema
Down By Law
One of Jarmusch’s most beloved portraits of loners and misfits within the American landscape, Down By Law is described by its director as a “neo-Beat…