Stranger Than Paradise in 35mm - SOLD OUT!

Showings

The Roxy Theater Screen 3 Sat, Oct 15, 2022 7:30 PM
Film Info
Series:MTFF Feature
Run Time:89 min
Release Year:1984
Country:US
Genre:Comedy
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Jim Jarmusch
Cast Members:John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Producer:Sara Driver
Writers:Jim Jarmusch
Music:Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Description

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.

Presented in 35mm! Preceded by the short film Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver, which chronicles producer Sara Driver's quest to smuggle Stranger Than Paradise across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Iron Curtain. Directed by Lewis Kloster and Noah Kloster. Winner: Sundance Film Festival Short Film Special Jury Award: Screenwriting.

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