The details are vague, the dialogue elliptical.
Jarmusch’s rejection of narrative is so extreme that it makeshis other filmslook almost Aristotelian by comparison.
What do we know about the Lone Man?

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What does this tell us about him?
Why did Jarmusch choose to include this character detail, but nothing else?
In a way, isn’t that what all dialogue is?

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You could push yourself to the limits trying to unwrap that concept alone.

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