Stranger Than Paradise
Jan 31 1983
•1h 30m
•30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".
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John Lurie
Willie
Eszter Balint
Eva
Richard Edson
Eddie
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