Stranger Than Paradise
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Stranger Than Paradise

1983Movie32 min

ComedyDrama
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.9/5
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.9/5

Summary

30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

Skip it if

  • You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Breaks your heart.

Not for warmth, adrenaline or uplift.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Hates Wearing DressesRare · in 11 titlesEva's choice of clothing consists of pants and a sweater. When Willie buys Eva a dress, she, although grateful, outright tells Willie she doesn't like it.Minimalismin 337 titlesFocuses almost exclusively on three characters who do and say very little. The film has only a few mundane locations, uses black and white film, and features long periods without any dialogue.All 26 tropes

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