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Permanent Vacation is a 1980 film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. It was the director's first release, and was shot on 16 mm film shortly after he dropped out of film school.
Apr 25, 1984 · Permanent Vacation: Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie, Richard Boes. A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
Richard Boes. War vet. Sara Driver. Nurse. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A drifter (Chris Parker) wanders Manhattan searching for purpose and...
- Comedy, Drama
Set against the entropic backdrop of late-1970s New York City, Jim Jarmusch's debut Permanent Vacation sedately charts the peripatetic rovings of Aloysious (Allie) Parker, an enervated young vagabond.
Jim Jarmusch's 16mm feature debut, made not long after the writer/director graduated from film school, is an oblique study of a young man (Parker) adrift on the streets of New York. As he roams, he has chance encounters with a car thief, a saxophone player and a grizzled war veteran, among others.
Shot for just $12, 000 in grimy downtown Manhattan, Jim Jarmusch’s lo-fi, laconic debut has become an iconic example of true indie cinema. With its long takes, desolate urban setting, and interest in hip, offbeat outcasts, Permanent Vacation takes a cool and considerate look at life on the fringes.
Year: 1980. Original title: Permanent Vacation. Synopsis: In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan.
