Fishing With John – Criterion Collection (1992)

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Originally produced for the Independent Film Channel, John Lurie’s idiosyncratic take on the classical fishing program places the genre in entirely alien terrain–and that doesn’t just refer to the strange and exotic locations. Best known to filmgoers for roles in Stranger Than Paradise and The Last Temptation of Christ, Lurie is also a composer, a saxophonist, the leader of the jazz group the Lounge Lizards, and a painter. Fisherman, however, is nowhere to be seen on (more…)