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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.
Oct 4, 1984 · Stranger Than Paradise: Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark. A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
A striking debut for director Jim Jarmusch, Stranger than Paradise is an effortlessly cool exploration of finding meaning in the mundane. New York City layabout Willie (John Lurie) and his...
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Reviews. Stranger Than Paradise. Roger Ebert January 01, 1984. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Stranger Than Paradise" is filmed in a series of uninterrupted shots; the picture fades in, we watch the scene, and when the scene is over, there's a fade to black. Then comes the next fade-in.
Structured as a series of master-shot vignettes etched in black and white by cinematographer Tom DiCillo, Stranger Than Paradise is a nonchalant masterpiece of deadpan comedy and perfectly calibrated minimalism. Film Info. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES.
Summaries. A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure. A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two.
Stranger Than Paradise. Directed by Jim Jarmusch • 1984 • United States, Germany. Starring John Lurie, Richard Edson, Eszter Balint. With this breakout film, Jim Jarmusch established himself as one of the most exciting voices in the burgeoning independent-film scene, a road-movie poet with an affinity for Americana at its most offbeat.
