The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, held a Jarmusch retrospective in October 2001. For this event, Jarmusch paired his own works with those of other directors he admires:
Oct 5 Down by Law / Bob le flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1955)
Oct 7 Dead Man / The Big Sky (Howard Hawks, 1952)
Oct 10 Ghost Dog / Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)
Oct 17 Mystery Train & Coffee and Cigarettes x 3 / The High Sign (Buster Keaton, 1921) & Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank/Alfred Leslie, 1959)
Oct 24 Night on Earth / Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
Oct 25 Permanent Vacation / The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, 1977)
Oct 26 Year of the Horse / Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser (Charlotte Zwerin, 1989)
Oct 28 Stranger than Paradise / Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Also read Jonathan Rosenbaum's interview with Jarmusch concerning the selection, and Alana Kumbier's Popgurls report, parts one and two.