The piazza where roberto benigni picks up his passanger is also used in Antonioni's very good 1960 film "The Adventure". (A scene early in "The Adventure, where the two girls meet Sandro)
May this be a hommage by Jarmusch, or is it just a coincidence? "The Adventure" is a Jarmusch-kind-of film with no obvious plot. I recommend both films!
NIGHT ON EARTH seems to bee a homage to quite everybody, Jurmusch loves - in a cinematic way. If you remember he stept into film during a study stay in Paris, where he was able to see whole European cinema - like Fellini, Rossini, Antonioni of cause, a.s.o.
There are several films Jarmusch mentiones as I worked out:
la mode rétro, cities
L.A.:
Filmindustrie Hollywood
ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE SHOW
N.Y.:
MEAN STREETS (19??), Regie: Martin Scorsese
JUNGLE FEVER (1991), Regie: Spike Lee
TAXI DRIVER (1976), Regie: Martin Scorsese
ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE SHOW
Paris:
LE MEPRIS (1963), Regie: Jean-Luc-Godard
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (1959), Regie: Jean Luc Godard
LE PONT DU NORD (1980), Regie: Jacques Rivette
L'HOMME QUI AMAIT LES FEMMES (1977), Regie: François Truffaut
Rom:
ROMA CITA APPERTA (1945), Regie: Roberto Rossellini
FELLIN'S ROMA (1972), Regie: Federico Fellini
L' AVVENTURA (1960), Regie: Michelangelo Antonioni
LA DOLCE VITA (1961), Regie: Federico Fellini
Helsinki:
films by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki till 1991
la mode rétro, quotes
Gena Rowlands:
AN OTHER WOMAN (1988), Regie: Woody Allen
FACES (1968), Regie: John Cassavetes
Winona Ryder:
WELCOME HOME, ROXY CARMICHAEL (1990), Regie: Jim Abrahams
MERMAIDS (1990), Regie: Richard Benjamin
Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez:
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989), Regie: Spike Lee
Armin Mueller-Stahl:
Mueller-Stahl did over 140 Film working as actor in former DDR
Béatrice Dalle:
37,7° LE MARTIN (1986), Regie: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Isaach de Bankolé:
S'EN FOUT LA MORT (1990), Regie: Claire Denis
CHOCOLAT (1988), Regie: Claire Denis
COMMENT FAIRE L'AMOUR AVEC UN NÈGRE SANS SE FATIGUER (1989), Regie: Jacques W. Benoît
Isaach de Bankolé, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni:
COFFEE AND CIGARRETES (1986-2003), Regie: Jim Jarmusch
Roberto Benigni:
LA VOCE DELLA LUNA (1990), Regie: Federico Fellini
Dante: Die göttliche Komödie
STREETS OF LOREDO (traditional)
Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits, Otto Grokenberger:
DOWN BY LAW (1986), Regie: Jim Jarmusch
Otto Grokenberger:
STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1983), Regie: Jim Jarmusch
Tom Waits:
MYSTERY TRAIN (1989), Regie: Jim Jarmusch
Matti Pellonpää:
ARIEL (1988), Regie: Aki Kaurismäki
Matti Pellonpää, Sakari Kuosmanen:
VARJOJA PARATIISISSA (1986), Regie: Aki Kaurismäki
Sakari Kuosmanen:
I HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER (1990), Regie: Aki Kaurismäki
daughter:
TULITIKKUTEHTAAN TYTTÖ (1990), Regie: Aki Kaurismäki
sex-worker:
ACCATONE (1961), Regie: Pier Paolo Pasolini
And Ghost Dog obviously had all kinds of references to other movies ... I don't know movies well enough to nail down specifics, but you mix a samurai and gangsters and other scenes that are obviously references even when I don't know what they refer to ... ;-)
Edward
Ghost Dog referce strongly to "le samourai" by Jean-Pierre Melville.
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My top 20:
http://www.ymdb.com/tyler-l/l28735_ukuk.html