{"id":4047,"date":"2014-02-20T09:48:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T08:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=4047"},"modified":"2014-09-02T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T06:40:49","slug":"only-lovers-left-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2014\/02\/20\/only-lovers-left-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Lovers Left Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4048\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Only-Lovers-Left-Alive.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4047]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Only-Lovers-Left-Alive.jpg?resize=474%2C315\" alt=\"Only Lovers Left Alive\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Only-Lovers-Left-Alive.jpg?resize=594%2C395 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Only-Lovers-Left-Alive.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Only-Lovers-Left-Alive.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only Lovers Left Alive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<B>Format:<\/B> Cinema<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Release date:<\/B> 21 February 2014<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Distributor:<\/B> Soda Pictures<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Director:<\/B> Jim Jarmusch<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Writer:<\/B> Jim Jarmusch<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<B>Cast:<\/B> Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt, Mia Wasikowska<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nUK 2013<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n123 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Jarmusch\u2019s last film, <i>The Limits of Control<\/i>, it seemed that another great director was close to losing his genius, but there is a welcome sense of rebirth about <i>Only Lovers Left Alive<\/i> from the moment it opens. Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston make for a brilliant pair of vampire lovers who have been truly, madly, deeply in love for centuries, yet are now living apart. Swinton\u2019s resilient and enigmatic Eve resides in lush Tangiers while Hiddleston\u2019s disheartened underground musician, Adam, is holed up in the outskirts of derelict Detroit. When their longing for each other becomes unbearable, Eve decides to take on the difficult journey (she can only travel at night) to reunite with Adam, but soon after the couple are back together, their gently hedonistic idyll of non-murderous blood and old vinyl is disrupted by the arrival of Eve\u2019s unnerving, uncontrollable younger sister (Mia Wasikowska). <\/p>\n<p>Nothing much happens in Jarmusch\u2019s sensuous fantasy of night and nostalgia, apart from the fact that the pair are running short of the sort of pure, uncontaminated blood that they now need to keep them going. But watching these two archetypal outcasts, still in full possession of their animal instincts, as they roam around trying to blend in with their surroundings, is an undemanding, irresistible pleasure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">This review was first published as part of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2013\/06\/01\/cannes-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cannes 2013<\/a> coverage.<\/div>\n<p><b><i>Pamela Jahn<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the trailer:<\/B><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJQPOMosdGc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"jukebox\"><strong>THE SOUNDTRACK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always with Jim Jarmusch, music is crucial to the film, not just as sonic accompaniment to the images, but also as an integral part of the story, starting with a main character who is a musician and lives in a house full of vinyl and vintage guitars (almost all of the records actually belong to Jarmusch).<\/p>\n<p>The score was written by Jozef Van Wissem, avant-garde composer, lutenist and guitarist, with contributions by SQ&#038;#220RL, a trio featuring Jarmusch, Carter Logan and Shane Stoneback. Van Wissem\u2019s music is beautifully sparse and evocative, punctuating the story with nonchalant, unhurried, fuzzy guitars that moodily drift in and out, just like the characters. <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\"><i>Only Lovers Left Alives<\/i> is released in the UK on DVD, Blu-ray and limited edition Steelbok (BR) on 15 September 2014. The <b>Jim Jarmusch Collection<\/b> with the director&#8217;s first six films will also be released by Soda Pictures on 6 October to tie in with the <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=jimjarmusch\" target=\"_blank\">BFI Jim Jarmusch Season<\/a>, which will include the re-release of <i>Down by Law<\/i> on 12 September 2014<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>In addition to the score, there are a number of original songs that are heard at key moments in the film. The opening track is a woozy, slowed-down, even ghostlier remix of Wanda Jackson\u2019s spine-tingling \u2018Funnel of Love\u2019, which flows over a hypnotic pan of the various characters in different locations, all tripping out after drinking blood. Later we\u2019ll also hear the louche guitar riff of Charlie Feathers\u2019s terrific \u2018Can\u2019t Hardly Stand It\u2019 and Denise LaSalle\u2019s laidback and soulful ballad \u2018Trapped by a Thing Called Love\u2019. But it\u2019s not all classic soul and rock\u2019n\u2019roll, and Jarmusch\u2019s enduring love for the 50s and 60s is complemented by new music from the likes of American psychedelic rock band White Hills, and Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan in an atmospheric, Moroccan-set caf\u00e9 scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">The <I>Only Lovers Left Alive<\/I> soundtrack is out on ATP Recordings. It is available on double 180 gsm 12\u201d red vinyl (with download code), CD, and digital download. There is also a limited edition of 1000, all-black 180g 12&#8243; vinyl singles featuring \u2018The Taste of Blood\u2019 (Jozef Van Wissem  and SQ&#038;#220RL), \u2018Funnel of Love\u2019 (SQ&#038;#220RL and Madeline Follin) and \u2018In Templum Dei\u2019 (Jozef Van Wissem and Zola Jesus). To listen now to \u2018The Taste of Blood\u2019, please click <A HREF=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alltomorrowsparties\/jozef-van-wissem-sq-rl-the\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/A>. <\/div>\n<p><B><I>Virginie S\u00e9lavy<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a welcome sense of rebirth about Jim Jamusch&#8217;s latest film.<br \/>\n<B><I>Reviews by Pamela Jahn and Virginie S&#038;#233lavy<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[772,768,759,758,767,773,769,770,162,177,771],"class_list":["post-4047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-cinema-releases","tag-charlie-feathers","tag-film-music","tag-film-score","tag-film-soundtrack","tag-jim-jarmusch","tag-jozef-van-wissem","tag-tilda-swinton","tag-tom-hiddleston","tag-vampire-film","tag-vampires","tag-wanda-jackson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-13h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":808,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2009\/12\/01\/the-limits-of-control\/","url_meta":{"origin":4047,"position":0},"title":"The Limits of Control","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Set largely in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise), the film has been described by Jarmusch as his attempt to remake John Boorman's Point Blank via Jacques Rivette and Michelangelo Antonioni. 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