Adam Driver Has Poetic Aspirations in the Trailer for ‘Paterson’

Kylo Ren shows off his more sensitive side. The first trailer – a Yahoo Movies exclusive – has arrived for Paterson, hit at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, which stars Emmy nominated actor Adam Driver in the very different dynamic than that of his cinematic breakthrough one year ago in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Directed by indie maverick Jim Jarmusch (Broken FlowersOnly Lovers Left Alive), the quietly lyrical film centers around a blue collar New Jersey bus driver with aspirations of becoming a poet.

Driver portrays the title character, a quiet and thoughtful observer as he drifts through his daily routine, finding solace as he scribbles in his notebook. This contrasts with Paterson’s wife Laura (Golshifteh Farahani, Exodus: Gods and Kings), whose vibrancy and ambitions find her in a sea of possibility. This meditative-sound log-line looks to be distilled through the singular gifts of Jarmusch, one of the nerviest and most refreshing American independent voices perhaps ever; he also scripted the film.

Paterson, courtesy of Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street, arrives in theaters on December 28th. Check out the trailer below.

James Tisch: Managing Editor, mxdwn Movies || Writer. Procrastinator. Film Lover. Sparked by the power of the movies (the films of Alfred Hitchcock served as a pivotal gateway drug during childhood), James began ruminating and essaying the cinema at a young age and forged forward as a young blogger, contributor and eventual editor for mxdwn Movies. Outside of mxdwn, James served as a film programmer for one of the busiest theaters in the greater Los Angeles area and frequently works on the local film festival circuit. He resides in Los Angeles. james@mxdwn.com
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