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Stranger Than Paradise
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English
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2018
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This book probes the production history, initial reception, aesthetics, and legacy of Jim Jarmusch'sStranger than Paradise in order to understand its place in the cult film canon. It explores early-1980s New York downtown culture and Jarmusch's involvement in music as well as reflecting on the film's status alongside Jarmusch's subsequent output.
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Jamie Sexton is senior lecturer in film and television studies at Northumbria University. He is the coauthor of Cult Cinema (2011).
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Joan Hawkins, Indiana University:
This volume [is] the first book length study of an important and frequently taught art-cult movie. Arguing that Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise didn’t come to cult status in the usual way, the volume makes an important intervention in the way we define cult movies and assign cult status, and an intervention in the way we frame the entire “cult” discussion.
This volume [is] the first book length study of an important and frequently taught art-cult movie. Arguing that Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise didn’t come to cult status in the usual way, the volume makes an important intervention in the way we define cult movies and assign cult status, and an intervention in the way we frame the entire “cult” discussion.
Geoff King, Brunel University:
An excellent, lucid account that maps the position of Stranger Than Paradise via a number of intersections between the realms of cult, art, independent, and punk-related cinema. Offers an accessible but substantial analysis of industrial, formal, and thematic dimensions of what remains an enduring indie classic.
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Stranger Than Paradise, Video, Television, and I
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1. Production and Initial Reception
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2. Film Analysis
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3. Subsequent Reception
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4. Status as a Cult Film
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Notes
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References
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Index
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September 24, 2018
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9780231851022
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12 b&w illustrations
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Professional and scholarly;
