In Jim Jarmusch's beatific Paterson, Adam Driver plays a bus driving poet named Paterson, living in Paterson, New Jersey. It's a film guided by patterns: the patterns Paterson's wife Laura wears, the pattern of his day to day routine, the repeating patterns of twins throughout the film. It's a film about the poetry of "normal life," and it features words by Ron Padgett, writing for Driver's character, which call back to William Carlos Williams' epic poem, called Paterson, of course. There's a quick but pivotal verse by Method Man . . .
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