An excellent and different film. Set in Memphis, Tennessee, it oozes atmosphere with great location shots, and a great soundtrack.
The film includes many lines of dialogue in foreign languages, such as Japanese and Italian, thankfully subtitles are provided.
We start off with a duo of Japanese travellers, who are "Far from Yokohama". They are travelling around the U.S simply to visit important sites in rock and roll history. This story was my personal favourite, because it set up the inter-weaving elements of each story. Both of the actors in this story were played well, especially the super-cool male Jun who oozed style. The tourists stumble into a seedy hotel, and set-up the rest of the movie.
Secondly, we join an Italian lady, stuck in Memphis after an airplane mishap. She also finds her way to the seedy hotel, after being ripped off and conned by some unsavoury elements. At the hotel, she meets Dee-Dee, and they end up sharing a room together. A supernatural encounter, alluded to earlier in this story, takes place and is quite entertaining.
Finally, we meet up with 3 crooks, quite predictably actually, since a certain sound was heard in the previous two stories (you'll see what I mean when you watch the film). This story I felt was the weakest of the 3, starting off slow, and providing a flaky finish to an otherwise great film.
All through the movie, we also meet the seedy hotel's bellboy and concierge, who provide some comic relief, and hold the 3 stories together.
I recommend this film whole-heartedly, it's quite a fun ride. You'll have a great time picking out the common elements in each of the 3 stories, and by the 3rd story, I guarantee you will know what is about to be said as soon as the crooks get into their hotel room, trust me :)
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