Customer Reviews
with subtitles - By: , 05 Jan 2006 
I have just received (January 2006) a copy of Night on Earth
which I ordered as part of the Jim Jarmusch - Down By Law / Night On Earth package)
I checked by playing 'Night on Earth' & there are English subtitles printed on the frame of the movie
what a trick... - By: valeria byrne, 29 Sep 2005 
In the dvd especifications it says "English, Italian, French & finnish languages - includes English subtitles. But the truth is...there is nothing more than just the original audio & no subtitles at alll.
All roads lead to..... - By: P. B. Hall, 11 Sep 2004 
Five film-lets tracking five unrelated simultaneous nocturnal taxi journeys in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome & Helsinki, in that order. 'Los Angeles' makes a fairly dull opening, 'New York' is funny, 'Paris' thoughtful & 'Helsinki' darkly humourous. However, it is Roberto Benigni's hilarious performance as the manic taxi driver of 'Rome' which steals this film entirely.
An indie gem in cheap packaging - By: Petrides Antonis, 17 Oct 2003 
This is a film about time & space as barriers & as connectors. Five very different people across two very different continents receive five customers into five taxis & establish with them five short-lived relationships. These connections cross barriers in the same time as they reaffirm them: the rigid hierarchy of a taxi can be momentarily dissolved, but the result is awkward & by definition ephemeral, as the actors eventuallly disembark. These reluctant relationships also test the boundaries of social conduct: a customer tries to lure a feisty but innocent female cabbie into what looks disconcertingly like a carreer in the adult business, while an exuberant driver shocks a bishop to death with tales of adultery & animalism. It is as if "taxi relationships" can only be established by breaking rules - or are these "rules" exactly the reason why relationships, any relationships, are bound to fail?
The DVD comes with no extras,no subtitles & medium sound quality, hence the three stars.
Simply Jarmusch at his most brilliant - By: , 26 Jan 2002 Whenever You feel that life is against You, everything is gone & alll You want to do is get lost in a bottle; listen to the Helsinki driver's story & You will realise that life is not so bad after alll
