: Jamie Sexton
: Stranger Than Paradise
: Columbia University Press
: 9780231851022
: Cultographies
: 1
: CHF 12.40
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: Fotografie, Film, Video, TV
: English
: 100
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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.

Jamie Sexton is senior lecturer in film and television studies at Northumbria University. He is the coauthor of Cult Cinema (2011).