Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise
1984 movie poster
Directed by	Jim Jarmusch
Written by	Jim Jarmusch John Lurie
Produced by	Sara Driver
Starring	John Lurie Eszter Balint Richard Edson Cecillia Stark
Cinematography	Tom DiCillo
Edited by	Jim Jarmusch Melody London
Music by	John Lurie
Production company	Cinesthesia Productions Inc.
Distributed by	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date	October 1, 1984 (1984-10-01)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Languages	English Hungarian
Budget	US$100,000
Box office	$2,436,000

Stranger Than Paradise is a 1984 American black-and-white absurdist deadpan comedy film directed, co-written and co-edited by Jim Jarmusch, and starring jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson, and Hungarian-born actress and violinist Eszter Balint. It features a minimalist plot in which the main character, Willie, is visited by Eva, his cousin from Hungary. Eva stays with him for ten days before going to Cleveland. Willie and his friend Eddie go to Cleveland to visit her, and the three then take a trip to Florida. The film is shot entirely in single long takes with no standard coverage.^[1]