A Stranger in Paradise is a 1984 film by American director Jarmusch. The story of the movie is about the encounter of two people, three people, four people.
Cousin Ava came from Hungary to New York to find his cousin Bailey. At this time Bailey is no longer called Bailey, he has an authentic American name: Willie. Willie is very unwelcome to Ava, believing that Ava is disrupting his peaceful life. Because there is an imbalance, there is a story, and the first story was staged in New York.
Jarmusch understands imbalances well. Ava's arrival is an imbalance; the two are bored to watch TV all night, but Ava's dislike of watching horse betting is also an imbalance; Willie likes cheap TV meals, and Ava doesn't eat it. Unbalanced; Willie buys a dress she thinks is very beautiful for Ava to wear, but Ava turns her head and throws it in the trash, which is also unbalanced. However, it is precisely because of the contradiction that sparks arise, and so many rejections between the two lead to a kind of psychological sympathy. The first story ends with a visit from Willie's friend Eddie, opening the curtain for the second.
Very clever with the plot setting. The appearance of the characters is not wordy. The language is refined to the point. Only tell good stories, good stories exclusively for Jarmusch. A good story is one where you never guess what's going to happen next, what's going to end. A good story always gives hints and clues in the plot. A good story always wears a veil, it does not pierce the relationship, and always presents a delicate balance within an imbalance.
When you think the story is going to be the way it is, it's not going to be the way it is. The film is full of boring people, bored enough to gamble on horses, watch TV, and go to distant Cleveland to find a cousin. Advanced comedy never makes jokes just to make you laugh. For example, Willie and Eddie play cards with their aunt but they can’t win, Ava says go see the Great Lakes, Eddie says anything is fine as long as they don’t play this card; for example, Willie and Eddie come all the way from New York to Cleveland for vacation, but Every day I stayed in my aunt's hut, playing cards and watching TV, Eddie said, thinking that it would be different when he came out, but it turns out that it is the same everywhere; for example, Ava's boyfriend asked Ava to watch a movie, and Willie and Eddie also accompanied him. Now, two people watching a movie became four people watching a movie, and Eddie also ate the popcorn from Ava's boyfriend!
The film defines the third act as "heaven". What a great setting. Many people write about heaven, many movies make about heaven, and many stories revolve around or have heaven as the theme, but few people understand what heaven means. Is perfection heaven? In Jarmusch's film, heaven means: what you think is heaven is never heaven.
Take Ava with you for a trip, it's beautiful, Ava took her bikini. Go to Florida, where the sun is shining, the sand, and the sea. Unexpectedly, Ava was left in a motel for several days, Willie and Eddie went to bet on horses and lost all their money; Unexpectedly, the hat that Ava bought at the gift shop bumped into the shirt of the drug dealer. , got a lot of money; unexpectedly, Willie thought Ava bought a plane ticket to Budapest and caught up with the plane, but Ava went back to the motel alone!
You can't guess every thought of a boring person. The so-called advanced gameplay of heaven, but that's it.
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