Small talk

Jim Jarmusch gets non-political:

I agree that everything is political in a sense, as Godard said. To not directly talk about politics does not mean something isn't political. But for me, the political thing is to protect empathy in a way. The last time I saw Joe Strummer, it was like five weeks before we lost him. He was in New York. He walked me back to my home from a restaurant because I had the flu or something. He stopped at my door and looked me in the eye, and I'll never, ever forget this. I repeated it recently. He said, "Jim, our job is to protect empathy at all costs, and to live groovy lives."