Its hard to condemn Criterion collection for any of there work. Though a sub label (of titan Sony no less), they really value and invest in cinema. 
MYSTERY TRAIN, Jim Jarmusch blues infused, Elvis adoration, Deep South lullaby is one of their best so far (which is saying something). Though a multistoried, anthology film based in a scuzz ridden hotel, it is much more than any of the parts of its sum. The cool teenage Japanese tourists who adore Elvis, the odd ball owner and his assistant, the Italian widow with fragmented life, and of course that British guy who is crazy. All in Memphis. All making the film more than we expect it to be. Jarmusch makes films other directors dont. He gives time and space. Air if you will. His, as he said, is made from the bits other directors throw out. MYSTERY TRAIN might not be the film to represent completely the final sum of this, it is still among his greatest works. In part as it is equally an adoration of the music that made America, and somewhat a tribute to the home of it, with Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland in attendance.
So what do Criterion do for MYSTERY TRAIN aside from Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King? Well they respect the fan, the feels and above all the film itself.
Newly polished in a very good way. Newly questioned in a great way and still with an essay that has been around that is exemploary in the final place. MYSTERY TRAIN is a pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a legend, that feels now fresher than it did before.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
- Original documentary on Mystery Train’s locations and Memphis’s rich social and musical history
- On-set photos by Masayoshi Sukita, and behind-the-scenes photos
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: a booklet featuring essays by writers Peter Guralnick and Dennis Lim, as well as a collectible poster
