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Synopsis: In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy ('Chris Parker')whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jim Jarmusch
Production: Criterion Collection
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
69
NOT RATED
Year:
1980
75 min
1,810 Views


Hey, you want to hear a funny story?

The other day, I was walking over by, uh,

where I used to live, you know,

a long time ago.

And...right in front of my house

was this big car.

Really shiny.

You know, one of these old cars, two tone,

and very shiny car, lots of chrome, you know...

Really beautiful,

like a bubble car.

Very big and round, you known, like that.

It was the most beautiful car I ever saw.

And I wanted a car just like it.

It was really bad.

And then today, you know, I woke up,

and I couldn't believe it.

I walked out of my house,

where I live now,

and the same car -- I saw it.

The same exact car.

Wow, I really flipped, man.

It lit up like a bomb, this car,

you know.

It was so great.

Really like a "Batmobile."

Like a gangster car. Just like that.

It was bad.

So what do you say to that?

I live back there.

Oh, yeah? Humm. Some place to live.

Should get out of here, man.

Should get away from here --

go someplace different.

That's what I'm going to do.

Take it easy.

I'm going to get out of here, too.

Come on now. Don't be scared.

Let's go. Come on.

You can walk right. Come on.

Mrs. Parker's your mother? Um-hum.

This is the room. Thank you.

Mom, it's me,

Aloysious Christopher Parker.

Mom, it's me. Your son.

Mom, it's me, Allie.

I'm here to see you.

My son's here to see me.

How are you? Have you been alright?

Do you feel alright here?

I know who you are.

I know you are my son.

I know because the thighs aren't yours.

And they don't belong to you.

They were taken out

of your father's head.

Uh, mom, you're crazy.

I can hear the planes sometimes.

I haven't heard them since the

war when we were bombed.

Is there another war going on?

Excuse me, ladies.

It's time for your medication.

Would you mind leaving the room

for a few moments,

and then you can come right back.

Yeah, sure.

Is there another war?

[Speaking in Spanish...]

Are you alright?

What are you singing?

I want you to leave.

What?

Go!

Get out of here.

Why? I just wanted to

know what you are saying.

[Speaking Spanish]

You got to... you got to be quiet.

Get out! Get out!

All right. All right.

Hi, I'd like to buy some popcorn.

Uh, 75 cents.

Do you think I would like this movie?

The Quinn Eskimo film?

Um, well, the only parts that I remember

were, uh, the first part where,

uh, he's eating -- they're eating --

maggots and

the second part where the old lady tells

the pregnant daughter, uh,

that the first-born, if it's a boy, um,

they rub it with blubber for good luck.

And, the second, if it's a girl, uh,

they stuff snow in its mouth and kill it.

Hey, have you ever heard of the Doppler effect?

The Doppler effect.

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Jim Jarmusch

James Robert Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, and composer. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing such films as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem. more…

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