The title is interesting:
"Paradise" means "New York", which means "America";
And through "Stranger", Jarmusch created a unique lens language system for the characters in the film, which reflects all the characters in the film-whether it is the cousin Eva who has left the country alone, or the self-proclaimed "American" way of life. Neither Willie nor Eddie can escape the alienation and nothingness of life.
First list three more obvious characteristics:
One is the black screen transition throughout the film. On the one hand, it creates a fragmented time gap, highlighting the passage of time (and is "meaningless passage"); The destruction of the long shots abruptly pulls the characters out of the space where they are. In other words, all the characters in the film can't stand alone in their own space.
The second is the opposition between the character's dialogue and the character's identity/camera language.
At the beginning of the film, I spared no effort to highlight sister Eva's difficult development of the unfamiliar environment-from the loss of just getting off the plane, to the following shots walking on the street (also the first set of sports shots in the film), and then to the new cousin's home. Bewildered (nowhere to put the eyes), all showed the novelty and trepidation of this huge Hungarian girl about the new environment, but then she said self-independent words, including some pretentious ease and ease in the hot dog shop a year later. The sense of immersion in the audience seems to be with great withdrawal and deliberateness; stubbornly heading to the station alone, but clumsy and abruptly changing clothes in the street, ridiculous and inexplicable sympathy. Furthermore, his brother Willie, the second line expresses his unfamiliarity with Hungarian and his sensitivity to the inferiority complex of his Hungarian descent, but then he acts as the English translator for his aunt. (Not listed again)
The lines and daily routines of the three protagonists seem to demonstrate the characters’ conformity and deep integration into the social environment, but whether it is the brothers and sisters watching TV all night and the sleeping position of the three in the motel, all of them are facing the light (TV/desk lamp) ), the overhead shots of Willie and Eddie when they came out, or the slight inclination of the camera when Eva returned to the hotel alone at the end, no matter how life looked like a joke of the three of them, Jarmusch's shots seemed indifferent and ruthless at the moment. After scolding the three people, the aunt will quietly turn back, struggling to open the door in the wind and snow.
The third is the absurd ending of the characters in the film.
From the beginning to the end, there are occasionally some absurdities: the weird phone call from a strange man, the mysterious "TV meal" that Eva brought home... all faintly reveal the unique absurdity of the film, and then twenty minutes later. It is the fusion of the character's situation and personality that have been shared for more than an hour with this absurdity, and it has been brought to the extreme: waiting for the fruitless Eddie to drive away alone, being alone by two male partners, and inadvertently dumping the two Eva once again left alone, but Willie, who was ashamed of Hungarian descent, became the one who flew to Budapest alone. Jarmusch hinted at this dramatic ending to the audience: Willie is the only one of the three who does not like old American songs. His nationality cannot be eliminated, and will squeeze his "American Dream" into a full of fatigue and emptiness. Eddie’s wandering dream; Eddie lacked his own opinion from the beginning to the end, never made a decision (the only decision was the greyhound gambling that caused three bankruptcy), but in the end he was only alone, and travel was deprived of all meaning; Eva was The most obvious "Stranger" has always been arrogant and independent, but has always been dependent on it (cousin and his friend, colleague in the hot dog shop). The saddest thing is that she puts this kind of dependence on the object As an independent consciousness, he is also a rebel against traditional nationality (never speaks English at home), and is also a wanderer who lacks independent opinions, ending with the reappearing lone hotel.
Also worth mentioning is the film quality of the film, which caught my eye when it came up.
This is my first film review (•̥́ ˍ •̀ू )……
Dedicated to the future idol Jim Jarmusch.
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