STRANGER THAN PARADISE (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch's one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, Stranger Than Paradise, forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema. Also included in this special-edition release is Jarmusch's legendary debut feature, Permanent Vacation, a time capsule of late-seventies Manhattan, on DVD for the first time in the United States.
• Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen, Rammellzee, Tom DiCillo, Richard Boes, Rockets Redglare, Harvey Perr, Brian J. Burchill, Sara Driver, Paul Sloane, Jim Jarmusch
• Director: Jim Jarmusch
• Runtime: 1:29
• Company: Cinesthesia Productions, Inc., Grokenberger Film Produktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie