Stranger Than Paradise Blu-ray

Release Year: 1984

Runtime: 90 min

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen

Studios: Cinesthesia Productions, Grokenberger Film Produktion, ZDF

New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and Willie takes his best friend Eddie to see her—a visit that culminates in a strange, eventful trip to Florida.

Special Features:

High-definition digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary

from 1996 featuring Jarmusch and actor Richard Edson.

Permanent Vacation (1980)

Jarmusch’s seventy-five-minute, color feature debut, presented in a high-definition digital restoration supervised by the director.

Kino ’84: Jim Jarmusch

a 1984 German television program featuring interviews with cast and crew members from Stranger Than Paradise and Permanent Vacation.

Some Days in January 1984

a behind-the-scenes Super 8 film by Tom Jarmusch.

U.S. and Japanese trailers

PLUS: A booklet featuring Jarmusch’s 1984 “Some Notes on Stranger Than Paradise,” critics Geoff Andrew and J. Hoberman on Stranger Than Paradise, and author and critic Luc Sante on Permanent Vacation

Technical Specifications:

• High-definition digital restoration
• Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• 1.78:1 aspect ratio