Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

Directed by

Jim Jarmusch

Genre

drama film, comedy film, road movie

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 610 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Hungarian woman named Eva stays with her cousin Willie in New York for ten days. Later Willie and his friend Eddie visit her in Cleveland and they all drive to Florida.

deadpanminimalistslowabsurdquietdetachedmelancholicunderstated

What happens

Stranger Than Paradise is a 1984 American black-and-white absurdist deadpan comedy film directed, co-written and co-edited by Jim Jarmusch, and starring jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson, and Hungarian-born actress and violinist Eszter Balint. It features a minimalist plot in which the main character, Willie, is visited by Eva, his cousin from Hungary. Eva stays with him for ten days before going to Cleveland. Willie and his friend Eddie go to Cleveland to visit her, and the three then take a trip to Florida. The film is shot entirely in single long takes with no standard coverage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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