Down by Law is a really good movie

This week was a period of NetFlix reckoning for me. I made the mistake of adding a burst of movies involving Tom Waits and that impulsive act finally nipped me in the ass. This week I was visited by the ghosts of Tom Waits past. Namely: Brahm stoker's Dracula, Mystery Train, and Down By Law. Of the three, I apparently saved the best for last. Down by Law kinda caught me by surprise. Apparently the writer and director, Jim Jarmusch, can actually pull a mildly interesting PLOT out of his ass (who knew?). I took a cue from the Bob Belini character and jotted some fragments that struck me as notable:

• ...You're valuable time (when speaking with people make sure you slip this in in a way where they don't know if you're being sarcastic or not).
• "It's a sad and beautiful world" (an artsy phartsy phrase but what ever).
• ...bad mood... (this is the universal excuse. As in - yeah I killed your cat but, I was in a bad mood.)
  
• "Mr. Almighty Hot Shit.
• "White limousine" (Detroit's equivalent to sayin': "my shit don't stink")
  
• "Out of the car, asshole".
• As far as I'm concerned, you don't even exist. Not at all. Got it? (man, that's a pretty good put down.)
• New York and New Orleans are the only two cities in the United States that can be considered separate countries. (this is a paraphrase of the directors remarks on the bonus tracks. Still - pretty foreboding considering this statement was uttered before Katrina or 9/11.)