American writer-director from Michigan; his debut Ape (2012) won Best New Director at Locarno, followed by Buzzard (2014), The Alchemist Cookbook (2016) and Relaxer (2018).
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I could’ve flipped a coin to choose between Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law, but Stranger was the first Jarmusch I’d seen, and it completely changed the way I wanted to make movies.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Joel Potrykus, the entry for Stranger Than Paradise.
American essay filmmaker, archivist and LGBTQ film historian; co-founded PlanetOut.com, made The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015), both Sundance premieres, and received a Special Teddy Award at Berlin in 2021.
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I vividly remember first seeing Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise and being inspired by the spare craftsmanship of his cinematic style.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jenni Olson, the entry for Stranger Than Paradise.
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