"Stranger Than Paradise" is the same as director James R. Jarmusch's other movies—boring and smelling of alcohol. He designed enough tortuous and bizarre wandering journeys for the characters, and then tried his best to attach his signature "feeling of powerlessness" to the film, so that people on and off the screen can only "track" to nothingness. The film contains all the elements of a road film: the journey, the scenery, the gathering and separation of young people, the pursuit and loss. But there are not many good scenery that can be seen, only some gas stations, chimneys, dilapidated factories and crude oil pipelines accompanied by steam, this glimpse of the American industry in the 1980s. The large black screen part of the film gives the film a breathing rhythm, and also gives the audience room to think, so that the audience can digest the scene they just saw—even if they don’t have to think intellectually. The black screen part also means that the audience is deprived of a moment, and this is also closely related to the theme of the film, that is, something has been taken away. These sporadic references to death make the film extremely fascinating
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Stranger Than Paradise evaluation action
2022-01-09 08:02
Extended Reading
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Cyrus 2022-03-21 09:02:39
The form, rhythm and details are very precise, and he knows too much what he wants to shoot. I've always been interested in what flickers on both sides of the journey, and the true wanderers in his films use the contingency beyond the norm, which they themselves can't articulate, as their all guide.
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Glennie 2022-04-24 07:01:17
Jarmusch can be trusted and always leaves the most boring to the audience to fight dogs. If he doesn't, he will take pictures of the girls who stay in the hotel doing nothing. From time to time, a little wave that strays from the norm will shatter immediately. "I thought there was one. What a difference a new place would make." He just wanted to make that twist post-cold and anti-climax
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Willie: I got something for you.
Eva: What is it?
Willie: It's a present.
Eva: Thanks. What is it? It's a dress?
Willie: Yeah.
Eva: Oh. Thank you.
[she looks at the dress]
Eva: I think it's kind of ugly. Don't you?
Willie: No. I bought it. Why don't you try it on?
Eva: I don't really wear this style.
Willie: You know, when you come here, you should dress like people dress here.
Eva: I'll try it on... later.
[she tosses it aside]
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[Eva is packing her luggage as she prepares to leave New York]
Willie: Hey, leave me some Chesterfields.
Eva: Can I get them in Cleveland?
Willie: Yeah, yeah, you can get 'em in Cleveland.
Eva: They taste good there, like here?
Willie: It's the same Chesterfields.
Eva: Yeah?
Willie: All over America. Yeah.