Down+By+Law

Down By Law

Down By Law a 1986, Black Snake film by Jim Jarmusch. Three men found themselves in a Louisiana prison for crimes they did not commit, in fact they where framed, except Bob, played by Roberto Benigni, an Italian tourist with the constant need to talk and little knowledge of the English language. He got caught cheating in card game and was assaulted mid escape by pool balls, so he grabbed an 8 ball and hit some guy in the dome. That dudes dead now. Zack, played by Tom Waits, an unemployed radio DJ who got set up in a risky late night proposal offering $1000 to take a car from one town to another. At the time Zack didn't know he had a dead man in the trunk of the car. He easily drew attention to himself drunk driving and was pulled over and searched by the authority. They shortly found the body and Bob was arrested. Jack, played by John Lurie, was a pimp who got caught pimping on an under aged girl. He was lured to the girl by a lie woven by a past enemy with some beef, so Jack was innocent. After they all spend some time in prison, Bob comes up with a plan to escape and the two men take it up. The movie is a little slow at first but after each character was established i found it to be a great movie. My favorite scene was when Bob looked at his note pad after someone said scream.

He recognized the word and resited the phrase "i scream you scream we all scream for ice cream". Jack joined in the parade then began to pace around in a circle with Bob. After 5 or 6 rounds of shouting i scream you scream we all scream for ice cream Zack joined and soon after, what seemed the like the whole prison, was shouting with them. This scene stood out to me because i liked how after Bob resited the line, everyone just simply listened to what he was saying and obayed the phrase. After he screamed, Zack screamed and then everyone screamed for ice cream.

(Zack Shortly after being kicked out by his girlfriend) (Jack on the left, Zack on the right, makin time go by slower)