A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
- Awards
- 1 win
María Duval
- Latin Girl
- (as Maria Duval)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJean Michel Basquiat was present while they were shooting the scenes in the apartment, sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag.
- GoofsWhen Allie reads to Leila from the book, he does not read continuously but instead takes snippets from the text, skipping sentences as he does.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The King of Comedy (1982)
- SoundtracksUp There in Orbit
Written and Performed by Earl Bostic
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If I were you, I'd take a permanent vacation
Leave it to Jim Jarmusch to create haunting and elusive visual stories with static camera and sparse dialogue. 'Permanent Vacation' is no masterpiece and stands far from Jarmusch's greatest movies, but it clearly has the magic touch that makes the film live, and it doesn't feel boring.
Jim Jarmusch made the film right after he dropped out of film school, and it is clear that he already had his unique vision and way of telling stories. The story follows slacker Allie (Chris Parker) on his quest to find the meaning of life. The film is seemingly plotless, without proper beginning and ending, not to mention the conclusion, but it has nice flow that ties all the quirky characters and pretentious philosophical conversations into whole.
'Permanent Vacation' is very important to see if you are interested where Jim Jarmusch come from (and also Richard Linklater as 'Permanent Vacation' was major influence to his own 'Slacker').
Jim Jarmusch made the film right after he dropped out of film school, and it is clear that he already had his unique vision and way of telling stories. The story follows slacker Allie (Chris Parker) on his quest to find the meaning of life. The film is seemingly plotless, without proper beginning and ending, not to mention the conclusion, but it has nice flow that ties all the quirky characters and pretentious philosophical conversations into whole.
'Permanent Vacation' is very important to see if you are interested where Jim Jarmusch come from (and also Richard Linklater as 'Permanent Vacation' was major influence to his own 'Slacker').
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- Also known as
- Dauernd Ferien
- Filming locations
- Roosevelt Island, New York, USA(Bombed house where Allie was born)
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- Budget
- $12,000 (estimated)
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