Elizabeth Bracco

Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana, and the fact that his estranged wife has just been arrested only compounds his despair.

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams--which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. This triptych of stories pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit.

When a woman reunites with her old flame, an obsessive artist, she encounters another person from her past who tries to save her from looming peril.

When filmmaker Adolpho puts out an ad to sell his script, Joe, a semi-connected wiseguy and habitual criminal, agrees to help make the picture.

In this tough and uncompromising drama, unemployed Manny (Tim Roth) spends a painful day attempting to get his drug addict brother Danny (Alexis Arquette) straightened out.