Review of Stranger Than Paradise (1984) by Vikram Murthi for Indiewire — 11 Dec 1995
Jim Jarmusch’s breakthrough film Stranger Than Paradise — famously described by its director as a neo-realistic black comedy in the style of an imaginary Eastern European director obsessed with Ozu and The Honeymooners — captures something essential about the American character: the contradictory desire to be anonymous and to be identified, to blend into the crowd and yet still stand out.
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This review of Stranger Than Paradise (1984) was written by Vikram Murthi and published by Indiewire on 11 Dec 1995.
Stranger Than Paradise has generally received very positive reviews.
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