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UNITED STATES · 1980

Permanent Vacation

Jim Jarmusch
New Hollywood mental illness saxophone new york city drifter
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Synopsis

In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for meaning in his life and meets some idiosyncratic characters along the way.

Year1980
CountryUnited States
DirectorJim Jarmusch
MovementNew Hollywood
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I had just seen The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Herzog). I was really impressed by that film. And I really love Wenders's work, but not so much his more recent things as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick and Kings of the Road.
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