Permanent Vacation is a 1980 film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch.[2] It was the director's first release, and was shot on 16 mm film shortly after he dropped out of film school.[3]
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Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
Written by | Jim Jarmusch |
Produced by | Jim Jarmusch |
Starring | Chris Parker |
Cinematography | Tom DiCillo James A. Lebovitz |
Edited by | Jim Jarmusch |
Music by | Jim Jarmusch John Lurie |
Distributed by | Cinesthesia[1] |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | US$12,000 |
The main character, an alienated troubled hipster (Chris Parker), wanders[4] around a dingy New York atmosphere[5] and is confronted by a number of intriguing characters as he ponders the questions of life and searches for a better place.[6][7]
It currently receives a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 4 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Vincent Canby proclaimed this film as a "must-see for anyone who shares the belief that Mr. Jarmusch is the most arresting and original American film maker to come out of the 1980s".[9] Eric Eidelstein of IndieWire called it "a touching vision of what it was like to be head over heels with art, love, and oneself in late 1970s New York".[10]
The film was released by the Criterion Collection as a special feature on the DVD for Jarmusch's Stranger than Paradise on September 4, 2007.[12]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray formats in the United Kingdom via Soda Pictures on March 23, 2015.[13][14]
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