Dwell time

Alysha 2022-03-21 09:02:39

I saw this movie a long time ago. I found a quiet and dark space with no snacks around, turned off my phone and computer, and watched it on my 50-inch monster TV with a DVD player.
There is a reason why the original state is explained in such detail. The effect of a movie on people is very relevant to the viewing environment at that time. A group of people can watch comedy, kung fu, horror, and some so-called art films, but not this one. And computers, I stubbornly believe that the screen is too close to your eyes, and it always feels imperfect without the process of images being conveyed to you through time and light and dust.
Of course, this is also ideal.
Some people say that the first five minutes of a Jarmusch film is sleepy. But "Stranger Things in Paradise" just gave me long breathless and empty stares. Rough, minimalist. Lose all the characteristics of a generation. There are traces of Kerouac's "On the Road". If you say what he wants to say, he is not talking about the story, but the state. They were looking for nothing but a freedom—a freedom that allowed them to travel, travel through time and space unfettered. They look for nobility and holiness in the displaced. They are to be freed. They are arrogant, bluffing, exuberant and delightful. They don't have anything, and they don't have anything. They have nothing to lose. Therefore, they are respected and feared.
Coming back to this film, the richness of the film's language is beyond my imagination.
space. Simple.
character body. constant.
Accident. direct.
screen. Pure and clear.
language. adrift.
Black and white films can always be simplified and straightforward. A world where colors are erased can often lead to the hometown of essence.

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Stranger Than Paradise quotes

  • Willie: How much money we got?

    Eddie: I don't know. We got a lot.

    Willie: How much is a lot, Eddie?

    Eddie: We got a lot. We got almost six hundred dollars!

    Willie: You're alright, Eddie. You know.

    Eddie: We're a coupla rich men now.

  • Billy: Hey, said you'd go to the movies with me the other night. Do you want to see "Space Wizards" or that foreign flick down at the Olympia - "Days Without Sun"? Do you want to see that?

    Eva: I don't know. Isn't there a kung fu movie?