Ah, I get you. Jarmusch can be a little slower at points - not sweeping shots with nothing happening, but lots of times he has people together not speaking, but there's stuff in the space in between. It's very naturalistic. I like that sort of thing. Stranger Than Paradise might be a good one of his to start with because there is an interesting plot going on in it, too.
She's Gotta Have It is one of Spike Lee's early movies (I forget if it's his first movie - I think it might be). Rough summary: it's about a woman, Nola Darling, who is dating 3 different men (and the men know about each other) and eventually tries to make a choice between the 3. They are very different, and if you took the qualities of each of them and combined them into 1 man that would be the perfect man for her. It's really really good. Some parts are done almost mock-documentary style, where the men or Nola or a friend/someone else who knows her are talking into the camera as if they are being interviewed.
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She's Gotta Have It is one of Spike Lee's early movies (I forget if it's his first movie - I think it might be). Rough summary: it's about a woman, Nola Darling, who is dating 3 different men (and the men know about each other) and eventually tries to make a choice between the 3. They are very different, and if you took the qualities of each of them and combined them into 1 man that would be the perfect man for her. It's really really good. Some parts are done almost mock-documentary style, where the men or Nola or a friend/someone else who knows her are talking into the camera as if they are being interviewed.