Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Stranger than Paradise 1984

Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Starring John Lurie, Eszter Balint, and Sonic Youth's drummer Richard Edson

incoherent choppy film cuts.
funny misplaced cuts to black.
awkward character interactions
compensated by the exotic Eva and her matched foreign accent.
a muddled cut off ending.
brief and ordinary dialogue with a few memorable quotes...
"choking the alligator"
"you come to someplace new and everything looks the same"


Stranger than Paradise puts a spell on you and takes you on the road with a few edgy hipsters.

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