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Name: Permanent Vacation
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Released: 1980

Permanent Vacation (1980) — Jim Jarmusch

Permanent Vacation

Jim Jarmusch

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

Cinematic DNA

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.

I had just seen The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. 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.

— Werner Herzog · Jim Jarmusch: Interviews (Lizzie Borden interview, The Soho News, 1980)

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