The first trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie is deeply wacky

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Indie writer-director Jim Jarmusch isn’t exactly known for his wacky slapstick comedy. For decades now, Jarmusch has made movies that mostly reside in an area of cool, detached grunge. His early classics, like Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, and Mystery Train, all operate in a melancholy that’s removed from the world. That same drifting, dreamy tone extends to films like Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and his previous feature film, 2016’s poetry-focused portrait movie Paterson. So it’s a little odd to see him embracing full-on goofy comedy beats in the trailer for his upcoming zombie feature The Dead Don’t Die.


The trailer is a who’s who of favorite Jarmusch actors from his decades of filmmaking, including Adam Driver, Bill...

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