Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise is an absurdist comedy film written and directed by American director Jim Jarmusch in 1984.
Shooting was begun using leftover film stock from the production of Der Stand der Dinge (1982). It started out as a 30-minute short subject film (shot in 1982) and was later expanded into a 3-part feature. The first section, "The New World," takes place in New York, the second, "One Year Later," in Cleveland, and the last, "Paradise," in Florida.
The film tells the story of a self-identified "hipster" living in New York City who joins his Hungarian cousin in her journey from New York to Cleveland, Ohio to Florida. It starred jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson and Hungarian-born actress Eszter Balint. Danny Rosen was also in the film.
The whole film is sequence shots with live sound - editing consisted simply of putting them end to end. The film's scenes are each a single shot, followed by a few seconds of black screen.
The song "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins features prominently in the soundtrack.
Jim Jarmusch's wife Sara Driver is on the production credits as the producer and she also appears in the movie as 'the woman with a hat.'
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