The film director Jim Jarmusch created the film, inspired by the works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain and all the elements and forces unknown to the viewer. Nevertheless, starting with the name of the painting and ending with the semantic climax, the vampire elegy “Only lovers survive” (first-person actors: T. Hiddleston, M. Vasikowska, T. Swinton, A. Yelchin) is almost a mirror image of the modern sociocultural situation in the world.
Narrative poetry
The creation of the film “Only Lovers Will Survive” dragged on for a long seven years, just as much was needed by D. Jarmusch in order to collect the necessary amount for the implementation of the project. As a result, in 2013 at the Cannes Film Festival the premiere of this quiet and contemplative film took place, the plot of which looks frankly secondary, in comparison with the poetry of the narrative. The Jim Jarmusch project is a mesmerizing film. Quiet, viscous, as if tired, like his central decadent characters. The author clearly expresses his sympathy and sympathy for his heroes - wonderful creatures, doomed to eke out their existence until the end of time.
Through thorns to success
The actors invited to participate in the project transferred the creation of the film “Only Lovers Will Survive” without much shock, unlike the director, who does not hide his aversion to digital cinema. As a result, Jim Jarmusch, limited by a modest budget, was still forced to use Arri Alexa digital video cameras. But the visual series did not suit him. To get at least an acceptable picture, Jarmusch was forced to experiment with various optics and low light for a long time.
Art author
The creator of “Ghost Dog”, “Dead Man” and “Broken Flowers”, film director Jim Jarmusch, according to the cinema community, has a delicate taste and a unique sense of humor, at 60 he is young in spirit. His next project “Only Lovers Will Survive", the actors and roles of which were selected under the vigilant control of the director, is a touching, meditative, funny epic, paradoxical as it may seem, but practically eliminated the plot as such.
In the global film industry, there is a canonical paranoid-sweet basis for films about vampires: from low-budget trash horror films to aesthetic masterpieces, from the canonical Dracula to the romantic twilight saga based on the works of Stephanie Meyer. All of them tell of a secret irresistible power that the powers of the world have, frightening and irresistibly seductive. However, Jarmusch intentionally turns the classic foundations upside down. His vampire heroes are inspirationally beautiful, weak creatures. Human blood does not make them omnipotent, only introduces them into a sweet dope. According to the art author, vampires, taking part in the development of human civilization, were not behind the crowned persons and oligarchs, owners of corporations, they were next to great scientists and people of art.
Among other things, in the film "Only lovers survive" the actors, the entire crew, and after the premiere and film critics noted not only an exquisite romantic component, but also unshakable humor, without which the director is simply inconceivable. There are references, symbols, and irony throughout the film. For example, the main character Adam fundamentally considers people to be completely hopeless creatures and calls them “zombies”. In this case, the doctor who supplies the vampire with purified and checked blood is called Dr. Watson.
The Twilight Vampires of the Dramatic Thriller “Only Lovers Will Survive”
The actors of the film and the roles are matched to each other incomparably - one hundred percent hit. It seems that in not one of her acting roles Tilda Swinton, who played the role of Eve, was so feminine, and that the image of Adam embodied on the screen, Tom Hiddleston, finally managed to get rid of Loki's obsessive role from the Marvel comic book series. It was they who managed to convey to the viewer the director’s idea.
Their heroes are scattered across different continents (he is in Detroit, she is in Tangier), but lovers are not worth reuniting. Always at their service is the intercontinental liner salon or Skype at worst. The main thing that connects the heroes of Swinton and Hiddleston among themselves is a high cultural level.
Adam was once a close friend of Schubert and Byron, Eve is friends with the real author of "Hamlet", also a vampire Keith Marlo (actor John Hurt). Adam is still a popular rock star, but his time of fame is running out, Eva is able to barely touch to determine the time period for the creation of any musical instrument. He collects guitars and lutes, she is an ancient book in all languages of mankind.
The central characters of the thriller “Only Lovers Will Survive” are represented by such a wide audience. The actors who embodied them on the screen, realized the task set by the director to one hundred percent.
Elegy on the circulation of blood and culture
A brief description of the storyline of the film can be presented only formally, since Jarmusch consciously builds a semblance of a plot only for pro forma, in fact concentrating the attention of the one who looks at the magnetized atmosphere of his project. The protagonists: pale like Eve's death, performed by the brilliant Tilda Switon, full of healthy optimism and life; Adam, embodied by Tom Hiddleston - a great musician, composer of misanthropic, sad music.
They are vampires and have been together for more than a thousand years. Sometimes to maintain tone, the couple lives separately. Eve spends eternity in the middle of the desert, enthusiastically re-reading sophisticated poetry, Adam in America secretly prepares to commit suicide, stocking up with a 38-caliber wooden bullet. Eve, as if sensing his condition, urgently crosses the ocean. It is amazing how the diverse actors worked together in the film. “Only lovers will survive” will certainly become a significant picture in the filmography of the leading actors.
Sideshow with an unexpected visit
The meeting of lovers takes place in the American Detroit, where heroes regretfully observe the decline of the once cradle of automotive civilization. With sadness, the couple visits the theater, luxurious in the old days, now turned into a parking lot, the house of Jack White, which serves as a reminder of the heyday of the underground. Thus, a practically uninventive plot develops until suddenly the sister of Eva Ava is visiting the heroes.
For those moviegoers who miss the charming heroine from Tim Burton’s project “Alice in Wonderland”, the appearance of the unthinking Ava will be a real surprise. After all, she is the matured Alice, whose role was played by the most talented young actress Mia Vasikovska.
Eve's sister will break into a measured film narration and upset the emotional balance of the main characters who profess the principle of not kill. Her visit will not do without human casualties, it will be a prelude to the sarcastic ending, which put an end to the illusions that nourished lovers in the sacred sense as richly as artificial blood in the physical. By the way, all the participants in the production kept the main intrigue of the film “Only Lovers Survive” the secrets before the premiere: actors, producers and director.
Acting Ensemble: Tom Hiddleston
The film received very positive reviews, it is worth watching not only the uncompromising admirers of Jarmusch’s work, but also admirers of actors who performed primary roles.
Thomas William, aka Tom Hiddleston, a native of Britain, an actor of theater, television and film, is known to a wide audience by the films: “Midnight in Paris”, “Thor”, “Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness” and “Avengers”. He made his debut in the television series about the life of Nicholas Nickleby, after which he starred in television for a long time in television series: Churchill, The Conspiracy, etc. Hiddleston was twice nominated for the L. Olivier Award in the category "Best Debut" in theatrical productions. The real breakthrough of the actor should be considered the signing of a contract with Marvel Studios, in the comic book adaptations of which he played the role of Loki.
It was rumored that before Adam's role went to Tom, they invited Michael Fassbender to her , who would have to meet again on the set with Mia Vasikovskaya, Michael’s on-screen partner for Jane Air. What did not please the possible prerogative of Fassbender remains a mystery, but the role still went to Hiddleston. The actors of the film “Only Lovers Will Survive” have never regretted the choice of producers.
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda (Tilda) Swinton, a British actress, prefers to act in independent films, nevertheless took part in some Hollywood blockbusters. The most famous films in Tilda’s filmography are the following films: “The Beach”, “Orlando”, “Constantine”, “Young Adam”, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Something Is Wrong with Kevin” and “ After reading, burn. ”
Tilda’s career developed rapidly, after participating in several television films in 1986, the actress made her debut on the big screen in the movie Egomania: An Island Without Hope, known for its mega-radical approach to cinema directed by Christoph Schlingenzif. In the film, she was the screen partner of Udo Kira. After the actress for a long time collaborated with Derek Jarman, for which she was awarded the title of his Muse. Filmography Sweaton currently has more than 50 films, and each image embodied by the actress on the screen is once again highly rated by film critics.
Vampire romanticism from Mia Vasikovska
Actors, whose photos periodically appear on the covers of glossy publications dedicated to the world of cinema, starred in the drama "Only Lovers Survive". Mia Vasikowska is an Australian actress who gained worldwide fame after starring in the project of Tim Burton. The girl dreamed of a career as a professional ballerina and for eight years she worked diligently in a ballet studio. But fate gave her a surprise.
At the age of 15, Mia made her film debut in the dramatic crime action movie Outrage on the Outskirts, followed by the films Skin and Coset. Before playing the significant role of Elinor Smith in the drama "Amelia", the girl managed to star in "September", "Crocodile" and "Challenge". The main role in the movie "Alice in Wonderland" brought even greater popularity to young talent. In 2015, the actress collaborated with the great director Guillermo del Toro, accepting the invitation to star in the film "Crimson Peak." Most recently, the premiere of the film “Alice through the Looking Glass” took place, where Mia reincarnated as the main character.