- Doc
Whispers in the Woods
Multiple dates
Year
1984
Language
English spoken, Dutch subtitles
Director
Jim Jarmusch
Duration
89 min
Dry, quirky, and minimalist, but precisely because of that, secretly surprisingly funny and full of small, absurd moments that stick with you. Stranger than Paradise is exactly what you expect from a film by Jim Jarmusch.
In Stranger Than Paradise, the everyday becomes strange and the familiar imperceptibly alienated, as Jim Jarmusch wanders through forgotten American landscapes. The trio—John Lurie, Eszter Balint, and Richard Edson—moves with a curious slowness, where silences are as eloquent as words. Constructed from static tableaus and punctuated by abrupt ellipses, the film turns absence into a rhythm. What remains is a cinema of subtlety: dryly humorous, melancholic, and remarkably sensitive to the poetry of nothingness.
The Films of Jim Jarmusch
On the occasion of the release of Father Mother Sister Brother, we welcome an essential selection of Jim Jarmusch's 80s and 90s films back to the big screen. His films move effortlessly across borders and cultures, populated by outsiders, nocturnal wanderers, and quietly charismatic mavericks. By defying the gravity of Hollywood, Jarmusch has built a oeuvre that is simultaneously minimalist and distinctly cosmopolitan. Seeing them again now reveals a cinema that doesn't so much age as continue to resonate—like a half-forgotten song that keeps playing somewhere in the background.
Agenda
Thursday 23 April
Release date
9:00 PM - 10:39 PM
€ 13.00
Camera 1
