Director: Jim Jarmusch
Country: USA
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Movement: No Wave
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. 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.
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