Stranger Than Paradise Page #4

Synopsis: A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along with a friend, they eventually end up visiting their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to Florida where they lose all their money gambling before unwittingly gaining a fortune.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jim Jarmusch
Production: Criterion Collection
  8 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1984
89 min
1,166 Views


This is drivin' music!

This is nice.

I haven't heard it in a long time.

Now we look like real tourists.

Pretty classy.

Eva, I want you to stay down until the motel

guy comes out and goes back in his office.

Why?

- Why pay for three people? It's fine.

- I thought you guys said you were rich.

Shh!

Get down. Get down.

- Hey. How you doing?

- Hi there. How are ya?

Fine.

Wait till he goes in and then come around

the other side. Room number three.

- Number three?

- Yeah.

Man, I'm beat.

I'm so tired.

What, you finished the peanuts?

Yeah.

Then what'd you pack 'em for?

Jesus, Eva!

The idea was for you to sneak in.

You understand?

I don't care.

This looks familiar.

This is for you.

- Huh?

- This is for you.

Oh, no.

I'm not sleeping on that.

One of you guys can sleep there.

I'm taking the bed.

I fell asleep

waiting out there in the car.

Now I'm cold.

I want a comfortable bed, at least.

Amazin'.

Hey, that water smells funny.

Uh-uh-uh.

I'm not gonna sleep on this cot.

You guys think it's so funny.

No, it's -They're good, you know.

Yeah, yeah.

I love you guys...

but this is a b*tch.

Can we all go to the beach tomorrow?

After we go to the track.

Hey, Willie, we should

check out the dog races.

I don't like the idea of dog races.

Be quiet so I can sleep.

Yeah, go to sleep so we can start

enjoying our vacation. All right?

It's okay.

- Looks very nice.

- I'll forgive you guys.

Hey, Willie, man,

let's check these dog races out.

I got a good feeling.

I feel like we're gonna make a lot of money.

- Really?

- Yeah. It's one of those feelings.

Yeah.

Uh, yeah, maybe it's a good idea.

I don't know.

Dog races.

Have sweet dreams.

Good night.

Willie?

Mmm.

Willie. Eddie?

Sh*t.

F***!

That's nice.

They could have left a note.

Sh*t.

Can't f***ing believe it.

Vacation starts great.

Where the f*** have you been all day?

You didn't even leave me a note.

I'm here alone in the middle of nowhere.

I don't know anybody.

And you can't do that much -

leave me a note when you leave.

- Shut up, Eva...

- Don't tell me to shut up! What is this?

I thought we were going to Miami.

This is nowhere.

- Man, you said you had a good feeling. Right?

- I had a good feeling, Willie.

"Good feeling" is supposed to mean

that something's supposed to happen.

- Not just like this -

- You can't win 'em all, Willie.

What's going on?

You take me to dog races and then you say,

"You can't win 'em all"?

It's the name of the game!

- What's going on?

- Nothin'.

Nothin's going on.

Just lost almost all our money.

At dog races?

- You lost all the money?

- Yeah.

God.

I'm sorry.

What are we gonna do now?

Look, Willie, let's get outta here.

We got 50 bucks. Let's go back to New York.

- I'm not goin' back to New York with no money.

- What do you wanna do?

I wanna go to the track

and I wanna bet on horses, not on dogs.

I knew you were gonna say

something like this.

I have this terrible feeling

if we go back to the track.

Your feelings haven't been

doing us any good.

- This is a great vacation.

- Oh, shut up, Eva. Come on. Let's go.

Anything you say, Willie.

Anything you say.

- Eva, what are you doing?

- What do you mean?

- You're not coming with us.

- What?

- She should come with us. It'll be good luck.

- She's stayin' here.

- Willie, I think she should come with us.

- She's stayin' here!

- Get out. Get out!

- I'm sorry, Eva.

- You're the same. Just go.

- I'm sorry.

Willie, she's been in the motel all day.

We should take her with us.

Yo, little freak, where the f***

you been at, man?

- Where you been at, man?

- Wha -

Sh*t, man -

Yo, I mean, you the freak, right?

You got the hat on, man. I see the

dome piece on your top, man. Listen.

You're supposed to take this sh*t, man.

You make me miss my mother f***in' sniff, man.

Here, take this sh*t, man. You tell Rammell

that I ain't down with this no more.

You cool? You clean?

There you go. Good-bye. Peace.

No sh*t.

Willie? Eddie?

Whew.

Eva?

- Eva?

- I told you horses, not dogs.

You don't ever listen to me.

Right?

Horses. Horses.

Definitely horses.

- Give me that. Give me that!

- Get the f*** outta here!

Come on.

Hey, it's dark in here.

You see Mighty Joy?

Did you see Mighty Joy?

Yeah, it was great. He was great.

Think I'll shed some light

on the situation.

Huh.

Come on, you idiot!

- Hey, look at this.

- What is that?

My God, Willie!

What is that?

What does it say?

It's from Eva. It's in Hungarian.

- What does it say?

- Aw, this is stupid.

She's goin' to the airport.

- We can't let her go to the airport. She's really...

- Where did she get all this money?

I don't know where she got the money.

- We should get her, eh?

- Yeah.

- All right, that's fine. Let's go.

- All right.

We'll leave this place, eh?

Where did she get all this money?

- Are you packed?

- Yeah. I'm ready to go.

Is this Eva's hat?

It looks like Eva's hat.

Where'd she get that hat?

Willie, come on, will ya?

Let's get outta here.

- You got all the money?

- Yeah, I got everything.

- Take the bottle.

- Don't you want your peanuts?

Why should I want the peanuts?

There's nothin' in it.

Yes, there is one remaining flight

to Europe today.

It leaves in about 45 minutes.

You have plenty of time to board.

It's a flight to Eastern Europe -

to Budapest.

To Budapest?

There's a flight from here to Budapest?

Yes, there is.

- That's the only flight to Europe you have?

- Well, it's the only flight we have today.

We have several tomorrow.

I can check on those for you.

Yeah, we have a flight

to Madrid at 12:
20 p.m.

We have a flight to Paris at 2:05.

Although you will have to wait

until tomorrow.

What time does the plane leave again?

The flight for Budapest departs

in about 44 minutes.

Hmm.

Are talking about, sir.

Shall I explain it more clearly?

You're a whack-off.

You know that?

You have a nice day too, sir.

- What's goin' on, Willie?

- This jerk says she was just here.

- Yeah?

- She's got on - He thinks she got on some flight.

So? What do you got a ticket for?

I had to buy the ticket so I can

get on the plane to take her off the plane.

Here. Take this.

When's the plane?

- In, like, five minutes.

- You'd better hurry up.

- All right, meet me at the car in 10 minutes.

- I'll be back at the car. Don't worry. I'll be there.

- You all right?

- Yeah. I'll see you later.

- All right.

- I'll be at the car.

Your attention, please.

Royal Airlines Flight 904,

nonstop service to Budapest...

is now ready

for immediate departure...

gate seven, concourse "A."

Oh, Willie.

I had a bad feeling.

Damn.

What the hell are you gonna do

in Budapest?

Sh*t.

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Jim Jarmusch

James Robert Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, and composer. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing such films as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem. more…

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