%0 Journal Article
%T The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, 2009): An American Independent Movie or a European Film?
%A C¨¦line Murillo
%J InMedia : the French Journal of Media and Media Representations in the English-Speaking World
%D 2012
%I Center for Research on the English-Speaking World (CREW)
%X The Limits of Control is considered an American film, although it relies on funding coming from foreign countries and on a multinational cast. The analysis of American reviews shows a rejection of the movie that is seen as un-American; American critics fail to focus on the film maker¡¯s original depiction of Spain. Conversely, Spanish critics warmly welcome Jarmusch¡¯s film. Their interest centers on the new vision of Spain it offers, and on the ideological criticism expressed by the various characters. Such a national approval paradoxically stems from a filmic text where nationality is voluntarily deconstructed through themes that are cut off from any references to nationality, and from a general defiance towards language, which undermines the role of national idioms in the building of national identity.
%K independent movie
%K Spain
%K nation
%K language
%K Jim Jarmusch
%U http://inmedia.revues.org/129