Director Jim Jarmusch to attend screening of ‘Paterson’ in Rutherford

by JAY LUSTIG
Adam Driver stars in the film, "Paterson."

Adam Driver stars in the film, “Paterson.”

Jim Jarmusch’s new film “Paterson” will be released on Dec. 28, but the William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts in Rutherford will offer a preview showing, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Jarmusch himself will attend a 6:30 reception, and introduce the film. Tickets are $40; visit williamscenter.org.

In the movie, which was filmed in Paterson, Adam Driver plays a man who works as a bus driver in Paterson and also is a poet, inspired by the work of Rutherford native William Carlos Williams (who famously wrote about Paterson in his five-volume epic poem, “Paterson”).

On Dec. 4, Driver won the Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, for his work in this movie.

Here is the film’s trailer.

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