The Limits of Control (2009)

Jim Jarmusch's "The Limits of Control" is a minimalist crime drama. It trails a lone operative across Spain on a cryptic assignment. Dialogue here matters more than gunfire, with coded exchanges standing in for action. Paz De La Huerta shows up as one of his strange contacts. She leaves the biggest mark on the film's hushed tone. She appears wearing only a sheer raincoat. Later she stretches out fully nude across a hotel bed. That nakedness reads as a jolt of instinct dropped into a story built entirely on restraint. The archive carries 4 scenes pulled from the film, all centered on her uncovered, unguarded screen time.