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Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies

Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies

Oct. 01, 198489 Min.
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Watch: Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies, Full Movie Online – A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along with a friend, they eventually end up visiting their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to Florida where they lose all their money gambling before unwittingly gaining a fortune..
Plot: Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb.
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7.4/10 Votes: 38,093
96% | RottenTomatoes
86/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 416 Popularity: 8.198 | TMDB

Reviews:

Still good after all these years
I just finished watching Stranger Than Paradise on DVD – the first time I’d seen it since its year of release. I’d always recalled the film with fondness, although I could never remember why I liked it. Several years after seeing the movie I came across the John Lurie soundtrack and bought it without stopping to listen, and been slightly taken aback by it. The haunting pieces were more emotionally esoteric than I expected, and it took some time for the album to grow on me.

Seeing the movie again, I understand why. The only piece of popular music in the film is Screamin’ Jay Hawkin’s “I Put a Spell on You” and, although I had forgotten that it was there, I guess that I had expected the soundtrack to be more like those of mainstream movies and have songs and such-like. I think that Lurie’s music is perfect in situ and, as I’ve said, the soundtrack has also grown on me as standalone pieces.

The movie itself is a masterpiece. The black and white images present a starkness and a clarity that heightens the alienation of self in a land that was supposed to be the new hope for immigrants from a decaying old world. Instead we see Eva walking through a deserted ghost world of New York where the graffiti says “Yankee go home”. America is only a dream, a collective vision of a better world; paradise somewhere on earth.

As Willie and Eddie journey west after winning some money, we see that the supposedly beautiful city of Cleveland is cold and desolate with a frozen lake. The further trip to Florida ends in the middle of nowhere next to a bleak and windswept ocean. Paradise is still somewhere out of reach. I think that’s why the movie appeals to me. It shows that the America of popular mythology – the home of the brave, land of the free, protector of the downtrodden, guardian of democracy in the free world – is merely a construct. Too many people these days believe in the child’s fantasy of America being some paradise that Iraq and Afghanistan should emulate. Jarmusch reminds us that it is people who give meaning to a symbol, not the other way around. He allows for the ability of people to make their own meanings and evolve beyond the stagnation of popular culture.

At a time I originally saw this movie I had recently left home and got my first job, moving from the country to the city, and maybe to some extent I identified with Eva – moving from Budapest to America. It was also my first taste of grownup film, if I recall correctly, and confirmed me with a lifelong fascination with the cinema. I have a lot to thank Jim Jarmusch for.

Review By: romper-2
Stranger than Paradise
From writer/director Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Broken Flowers), I had no clue what this film featuring the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book was about, and to be honest, that didn’t change much when I watched it. Basically Willie (John Lurie) is a self confessed hipster and slacker living in New York City, and his Hungarian cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) has arrived unexpectedly for a surprise visit lasting for ten days, while Aunt Lotte (Cecillia Stark) is in hospital. For a while he makes it clear he is not happy with her being around, but over time he enjoys her company, one instance where he really likes her is after she steals groceries and makes a TV dinner for him. The ten days pass and Eva is ready to leave, but is obvious Willie is upset after she has gone, Eddie (Richard Edson) made sure to help her out before she left, but Willie really wants her back. It is after winning a large amount of money cheating in a game of poker that the two friends start a journey to Cleveland, but even when they do find her, and spend some time with her friend Billy (Danny Rosen) they find they are just as bored as when they were in New York. Willie and Eddie decide rather than go back home to travel to Florida, and obviously they take Eva with them, but after settling a bit they lose all the money they have betting on dog races, and they try to win it back in horse races. After a trip to the beach Eva is mistaken for a drug dealer and gets a large amount of money, which she leaves some of for Willie, along with a note that she is going to the airport, and she sees the only European place to go is Budapest, her original home country. She decides to wait until the next day, and Willie and Eddie return having won all the money back on the horse races, but they find Eva has gone, and after seeing the note Willie rushes to get on the plane she should be travelling. The final shot though sees Willie getting on the plane to Budapest and it taking off, Eddie watches it take off and leave, but Eva has in fact gone back to the hotel they were staying, to an empty room. I can’t really say anything much about the stars as I know none of them, only that they do a good job to not express many expressions and emotions at all, the same can be said for director Jarmusch, who creates a rather quiet film with not much going on, it is honestly a little dull, but that actually adds to the odd atmosphere and overall unpredictable feel of this strangely fascinating road movie drama. Good!
Review By: jboothmillard

Other Information:

Original Title Stranger Than Paradise
Release Date 1984-10-01
Release Year 1984

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Jim Jarmusch
Writer Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie
Actors John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Country United States, West Germany
Awards 9 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 35 BL, Zeiss Super Speed Lenses
Laboratory DuArt Film Laboratories Inc., New York, USA
Film Length 2,422 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman Double-X 5222, 4-X 5224)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 123movies
Original title Stranger Than Paradise
TMDb Rating 7.185 416 votes

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