Double Feature: STRANGER THAN PARADISE, DEAD MAN, March 29, 2013

Friday, March 29 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: STRANGER THAN PARADISE, 1984, Janus Films, 89 min. Dir. Jim Jarmusch. This deadpan comedy became one of the most influential films of the 1980s, "casting a wide shadow over the new generation of independent American filmmakers to come.... Its style is minimalism itself, but the post-beatnik cool of John Lurie, Richard Edson and Eszter Balint somehow betrays the fact that they care about each other, and a loopy charm and subtle but potent humor seeps through the film's stark black-and-white images.” - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide {35mm}
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwefGellnhk
DEAD MAN, 1995, Miramax, 121 min. Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) is expelled from a frontier town with a bullet lodged in his chest and a trio of bounty hunters at his heels. Fortunately, he is befriended by Nobody, a Native American who escorts him to the Pacific coast, where his destiny lies. Described by director Jim Jarmusch as a “psychedelic Western,” this haunting black-and-white vision features a soundtrack by Neil Young and a memorable supporting cast including Gabriel Byrne, Iggy Pop and, in his final film, Robert Mitchum. “One of the very best movies of the 1990s.” - A. O. Scott, The New York Times. {35mm}
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_64Qv0jV_PY

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