Limited Control

As the premiere of The Limits of Control draws closer, more and more details begin to emerge.

The very first impressions of the film itself comes from The Playlist, who apparently have had a chance to see the film, presumably at a media preview. They don't reveal much, however, except a comment on the soundtrack: "We thought the music in the film was pretty fantastic and appropriately hypnotic." They also share a quote from the press notes, where Jim Jarmusch talks about key influences for the film:

"What would it be like if Jacques Rivette remade John Boorman's masterpiece "Point Blank"? Or what if Marguerite Duras remade Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai"? Michelangelo Antonioni looms large in my subconscious so he's probably there, but I wasn't thinking about him beforehand. I was obliquely thinking of Euro crime films from the 1970s and 1980s, like some of Francesco Rosi's work. These impressionistic inspirations floated through my head, in terms of finding a style rather than imitating these movies."

At the film's Facebook page there are two exclusive one-minute clips from the film: "Blonde" and "I used my imagination". They also reveal that Limits has an R rating "for graphic nudity and some language", and clocks in at 116 minutes.

On his Film in Focus blog, Peter Bowen reveals that the soundtrack, along with the Bad Rabbit EP, will be released available through iTunes on April 28 and then in stores on May 12. He also quotes Jim Jarmusch's introduction:

“When I’ve finished a film and it’s released into the world, the most important thing to me, besides the film itself, is the soundtrack record. It collects the musical gifts that both inspired the film and, like passing clouds, shaped and shaded its sonic atmosphere.”

Bowen also revelas that the lyrics of “El que se tenga por grande” are also used in the dialogue throughout the film. The Bad Rabbit limited edition digipack EP will be called "Film Music from The Limits of Control", with music described by Jarmusch as “slo-motion psychedelic rock-n-roll”.

On April 23, at the Cantor Film Center, NYU, there will be will be "An Evening with Jim Jarmusch", where he will be talking about his career and showing clips from Limits, in conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. More info here.