Extended Reading
  • Weston 2022-01-09 08:02:01

    "Paradise": Jia Muxu's black and white "mourning" New York

    As one of the leading figures in the new generation of independent films in the United States, Jia Muxu has become more and more popular. After watching several of his works, I found that his second feature film "Paradise Mo Ying" is always on my top 10. On the list. This film, which made its...

  • Ned 2022-01-09 08:02:01

    A distance of nothingness

    The first time I watched "The Shadow of Paradise", I thought it was a simple narrative of the trivial matters of life, without too much plot, but it narrated the ordinary life of the characters. But people have different ideas at different times, so I watched it for the second time today....e

  • Aurore 2022-03-21 09:02:39

    You lose your skirt, I leave you, it seems to have been unexpected and intentional misses all the time. From New York to Cleveland to Florida, they meet but do not overlap, and the roads are scattered. Can't find heaven, only see strangers. The whole film forms a sense of hierarchy, and I can't even say how good it is. A product of the Aquarius director.

  • Ferne 2022-04-22 07:01:42

    Willie and Eddie go to Cleveland. At first glance, Jarmusch's films had Fassbender's hallucinations possessed, but after seeing Jarmusch's taste, the black and white accentuates the alienation of the characters' identities and the strangeness of the immigrants.

Stranger Than Paradise quotes

  • Willie: How much money we got left?

    Eddie: We got a lot.

    Willie: Count it.

    Eddie: Hey, Willie, why are you always telling me what to do?

    Willie: Seems like if I don't tell you what to do, you don't do anything at all.

  • Willie: You ever been to Florida?

    Eddie: Florida? Yeah, it's beautiful down there.

    Willie: Uh-huh.

    Eddie: You know, white beaches, and girls with bikinis...

    Willie: Yeah.

    Eddie: Cape Canaveral, Miami Beach...

    Willie: Cape Canaveral! Miami Beach! That's right.

    Eddie: They got pelicans down there, and flamingos... all those weird birds.

    Willie: You been there?

    Eddie: Nah, I never been there.

    Willie: You're a jerk, Eddie. You know that?... Nah, come on. What do you say we go down to Florida?

    Eddie: Yeah?