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Stranger Than Paradise
''Stranger Than Paradise'' is a 1984 American black-and-white absurdist deadpan comedy film directed, co-written and co-edited by Jim Jarmusch, and starring jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson, and Hungarian-born actress and violinist Eszter Balint. It features a minimalist plot in which the main character, Willie, is visited by Eva, his cousin from Hungary. Eva stays with him for ten days before going to Cleveland. Willie and his friend Eddie go to Cleveland to visit her, and the three then take a trip to Florida. The film is shot entirely in single long takes with no standard coverage. Plot The film is a three-act story about Willie, who lives in Brooklyn, and his interactions with the two other main characters, his cousin Eva and friend Eddie. In the first act, Willie, a surly small-time gambler and hustler of Hungarian origin, receives a phone call from his Aunt Lotte in Cleveland informing him that his expected visit by his ...
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Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch ( ; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent film, independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), ''Down by Law (film), Down by Law'' (1986), ''Mystery Train (film), Mystery Train'' (1989), ''Night on Earth'' (1991), ''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 (film), Paterson'' (2016). ''Stranger Than Paradise'' was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, he has been part of the no wave band The Del-Byzanteens and in addition composed music for some of his films. He has released three musical albums with Jozef van Wissem. Early life Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the second of three children of middle-class suburbanites. His mother, of Germans, German and ...
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Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the List of U.S. states by coastline, longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately , not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, third-most populous state in the United States and ranks List of states and territories of the United States by population density, seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans , ranking List of U.S. states ...
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Caméra D'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week). The prize was created in 1978 Cannes Film Festival, 1978 by Gilles Jacob, and is awarded during the festival's closing ceremony by an independent jury.Caméra d'Or Jury
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Criteria

The rules define ''first film'' as "the first feature film for theatrical screening (whatever the format; fiction, documentary or animation) of 60 minutes or more in length, by a director who has not made another film of 60 minutes or more in length and released theatrically." Directors who have previously made only student thesis films or TV films can still compete in this category. The state ...
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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ...
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Three-act Structure
The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts ( acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. Syd Field described it in his 1979 book ''Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting''. Dramatic question As the story moves along, the plot usually progresses in such a way as to pose a ''yes'' or ''no'' question, the major dramatic question. For example, ''Will the boy get the girl? Will the hero save the day? Will the detective solve the mystery? Will the criminal be caught by law enforcement and brought to justice? Will the protagonist be murdered by the fugitive?'' This question must be answered in the climax of the story. The answer is often ''yes''; ''no''; ''maybe''; ''yes, but...''; or ''no, and what's more...'' Structure The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in. Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-sc ...
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, led by founder Huub Bals. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. History The first festival, then called Film International, was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative, and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festival founded CineMart to serve as a "regular film market", and later modified the business model to serve instead as a "co-production market", which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects. After the festival founder's sudden death in 1988, a fund was initiated and named af ...
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The State Of Things (film)
''The State of Things'' () is a 1982 road movie film directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film crew stuck in Portugal after the production runs out of film stock and money. The director travels to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer. Plot A film crew in Portugal shoots a black-and-white science fiction film about the survivors on a post-apocalyptic Earth, titled ''The Survivors''. The shooting stops when the production runs out of film stock and money. In an abandoned hotel, the crew waits for money to arrive or a sign from vanished producer Gordon. As they grow restless and bored, the film depicts some of their philosophical musings and emotional reactions. Director Friedrich Munro finally sets off to find Gordon in Los Angeles. Gordon hides in a mobile home because of money he owes to the Mafia. Cast Filming The film emerged during the production of Wenders' 1981 '' Hammett'' for Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola interrupted the shooting to have the ...
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Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film Festival, Venice, and Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. Wenders made his feature film debut with ''Summer in the City (film), Summer in the City'' (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films ''Alice in the Cities'' (1974), ''The Wrong Move'' (1975), and ''Kings of the Road'' (1976), later known as the ''Road Movie trilogy''. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'' (1984) and the Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival), Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for ''Wings of Desire'' (1987). His other notable films inclu ...
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Lightning Over Water
''Lightning Over Water'', also known as ''Nick's Film'', is a 1980 West German- Swedish documentary-drama film written, directed by and starring Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray. It centers on the last days of Ray's own life, who was already known worldwide for his 1955 classic film '' Rebel Without a Cause''. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Summary ''Lightning Over Water'' is a collaboration between Wenders and Ray to document Ray's last days due to terminal cancer in 1979. The film is partially an homage to Ray, who had a strong influence on Wenders' work, and partially an investigation on life and death. Ray's influence on Wenders includes Ray's "love on the run" subgenre as well as his ''film noir'' photography. Excerpts from Ray's '' The Lusty Men'' (1952) and his unfinished final work '' We Can't Go Home Again'' are featured. The sequence with the former excerpt was shot at Vassar College, at which Ray presented the film and then gave a le ...
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Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema's supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood studio system of the time, but would prove highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. His best-known work is the 1955 film '' Rebel Without a Cause'', starring James Dean. He is appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963, including ''They Live By Night'' (1948), '' In a Lonely Place'' (1950), '' Johnny Guitar'' (1954), '' Bigger Than Life'' (1956), and ''King of Kings'' (1961), as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled '' We Can't Go Home Again'', which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death. During his lifetime, Ray was ...
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New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational Christianity, non-denominational all-male institution near New York City Hall, City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students in 2021. It is one of the most applied-to schools in the country and admissions are considered selective. NYU's main campus in New York City is organized into ten undergraduate schools, including the New York University College ...
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Permanent Vacation (1980 Film)
''Permanent Vacation'' is a 1980 No Wave drama/comedy film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. It was the director's first release, shot on 16 mm film shortly after he left film school. Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia University and NYU's film school. Music by John Lurie, Earl Bostic and Jim Jarmusch. Sound by Kevin Dowd and Virgil Moorefield. Cinematography by Tom DiCillo. Premise In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something troubled hipster named Allie (Chris Parker), whose Father is gone and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He aimlessly wanders around the dingy Downtown of New York City and is confronted by a number of intriguing characters as he ponders the questions of life and searches for a better place—always keeping just ahead of whatever it is that seems to be chasing him. Cast * Chris Parker (Allie) * Richard Boes (War vet) * Ruth Bolton (Mother) * Sara Driver (Nurse) * María Duval (Lati ...
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