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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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1984-04-25
Permanent Vacation is a 1980 No Wave drama/comedy film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. It was the director's first release, shot on 16 mm film shortly after he left film school. Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia University and NYU's film school.
1982 1h 15m Comedy Drama. List. A drifter (Chris Parker) wanders Manhattan searching for purpose and meaning, seeing his girlfriend (Leila Gastil) and meeting strangers. Content collapsed. Where...
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- Jim Jarmusch
- Comedy, Drama
- Chris Parker
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.
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.
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- Jim Jarmusch
- Not Rated
Permanent Vacation. Directed by Jim Jarmusch • 1980 • United States. Starring Chris Parker, Sara Driver, John Lurie. Jim Jarmusch’s first feature displays the first hints of the deadpan, minimalist-cool style that he would refine in his breakthrough STRANGER THAN PARADISE.
A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters. 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.
