STRANGER THAN PARADISE

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch (Akron, OH, USA, 1953) studied in Paris and New York, where he still lives and where he began his career in the downtown scene during the early 1980s. Right from the start, he became known as one of the highest exponents of American independent cinema, and in 1980 he directed Permanent Vacation, imposing his minimalist and ironic style. Following films include Stranger Than Paradise (1984) and Down by Law (1986), featuring Benigni and Tom Waits, and his later masterpieces  Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog (1999) and Broken Flowers (2005), all of which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.

FILMOGRAFIA

Permanent Vacation (id., 1980), Stranger Than Paradise (cm, 1983), Stranger Than Paradise (Stranger Than Paradise - Più strano del paradiso, 1984), Coffee and Cigarettes (cm, 1984), Down by Law (Daunbailò, 1986), Talking Head: Storytelling Giant (video, 1988), Coffee and Cigarettes II (cm, 1989), Mistery Train (Mistery Train - Martedì notte a Memphis, 1989), Night on Earth (Taxisti di notte, 1991), Dead Man (id., 1995), Coffee and Cigarettes III (cm, 1995), Year of the Horse (doc., 1997), Ghost Dog (Ghost Dog - Il codice del samurai, 1999), Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (coregia/codirectors, aa.vv., ep. Int. Trailer Night, 2002), Coffee and Cigarettes (id., 2003), Broken Flowers (id., 2005), Red Hot and Blue (ep. It’s All Right with Me, tv, 2008), The Limits of Control (2009), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013).