Famous writer-director Jim Jarmusch, is apparently flirting with the mainstream in his latest movie, "Broken Flowers", according to Reuters.

The comedy starring Bill Murray ("Rushmore") won the Grand Prix prize at the Cannes Film Festival and will hit U.S. theaters on August 5.

Jarmusch, 52, is now set to offer a tour of the suburb world and a reflection on life and love, helped by actors Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Christopher MacDonald, Chloë Sevigny, Jeffrey Wright and Frances Conroy in the $10 million budget film "Broken Flowers".

The director said he is not so fond of the main character Don Johnston, a guy who has been dumped by his latest lover and resigns himself to being alone, but is forced to confront his past when he gets an ex-lover's anonymous letter telling him he fathered a son 19 years earlier, and seeks out his former lovers.

"I don't identify at all with Don Johnston at the beginning. I don't even like him. That's very unusual for me. In all my films, no matter how damaged or socially inept characters may be, I really feel for them. I love them", said the director.

"I don't love Don Johnston. I don't care about some rich guy that made money off computers, had pretty girlfriends and doesn't know what he's doing", Jarmusch added.


Jim Jarmusch: Filmography

Broken Flowers (2005)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) (segment "Int. Trailer Night")
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Year of the Horse (1997)
Dead Man (1995)
Coffee and Cigarettes III (1993)
Night on Earth (1991)
Mystery Train (1989)
Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989)
Down by Law (1986)
Coffee and Cigarettes (1986)
Stranger Than Paradise (1983)
The New World (1982)
Permanent Vacation (1980)