Anton Dolin begins his journey through the films of Jim Jarmusch, the cult director of American independent cinema, with the last film to end with his debut. Loners and outcasts, musicians and writers, wanderers and taxi drivers, the dead and the immortal - the heroes of this book about one of the main figures of modern cinema. And among the co-authors here are poets who dedicated their poems to Jarmusch, and music critics who wrote about the songs that inspired him. And finally, Jarmusch himself, whose interviews close the book. Anton Dolin is a famous film critic, multiple winner of the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics of Russia, author of the books “Lars von Trier. Tests" (2004), "Takeshi Kitano. Childhood years" (2006), "Catch XXI: essays on the cinema of the new century" (2010), "Herman: Interview. Essay. Script" (2011), "Roy Andersson. Praise of banality" (2015) and numerous publications in periodicals.