Directed by:
Jim JarmuschScreenplay:
Jim JarmuschCinematography:
Tom DiCilloComposer:
John LurieCast:
John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen, Rammellzee, Tom DiCillo, Richard Boes, Rockets Redglare, Harvey Perr, Brian J. Burchill (more)VOD (3)
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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. Jarmusch follows rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and his visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) as they drift from New York’s Lower East Side to the snowy expanses of Lake Erie and the drab beaches of Florida, always managing to make the least of wherever they end up. 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. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
John Lurie
USA
Best movies:
Paris, Texas (1984)
Down by Law (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Eszter Balint
Hungary
Best movies:
New York Beat Movie (1981)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Richard Edson
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Cecillia Stark
Best movies:
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Danny Rosen
Best movies:
New York Beat Movie (1981)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
The Loveless (1981)
Rammellzee
USA
Best movies:
Wild Style (1983)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Tom DiCillo
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Richard Boes
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
Down by Law (1986)
Rockets Redglare
USA
Best movies:
Down by Law (1986)
In the Soup (1992)
Mystery Train (1989)
Harvey Perr
Best movies:
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Brian J. Burchill
Best movies:
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Sara Driver
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Train (1989)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Permanent Vacation (1980)
Paul Sloane
Best movies:
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)