Early Jarmusch & Driver Double Bill



(*) Introduction to the double bill in English | about 15’

You Are Not I USA 1981 | Sara Driver | vo | 48’ | digital | Cast : Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, Lucy Santé, Nan Goldin | co-écrit et filmé par Jim Jarmusch, d’après la nouvelle de Paul Bowles

A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to her sister’s house by a rescue volunteer. Then the real story begins…

« A spellbinding example of how a scrappy filmmaker can transform words into something that is different from the source yet equally distinct. Given the film’s commitment to slow trancelike walking (understandable, given the main character’s recent escape from a mental hospital and her confrontation with the dead), one gets the sense that the young Driver (and cinematographer and co-writer Jim Jarmusch) was feeding on a steady diet of German Expressionism. » (Reluctant Habits)

Permanent Vacation USA 1981 | Jim Jarmusch | vostDE | 75’ | 35mm | Cast : Chris Parker, John Lurie, Eric Mitchell, Sara Driver | produit par Sara Driver

Deux jours et demi de la vie d’Aloysious Parker, dit Allie, jeune vagabond à la dérive dans un New York délabré, rencontrant d’autres personnes qui, comme lui, vivent aux frontières d’un monde qu’ils ne savent comment habiter…

« It’s a must-see for anyone who shares the belief that Mr. Jarmusch is the most arresting and original American film maker to come out of the 1980’s. » (The New York Times)

« Aloysius Parker is the prototype for many of Jarmusch’s subsequent loner heroes: he loafs aimlessly around his scuzzy apartment and crumbling New York streets reading French poetry, flirting with cute girls at Nicholas Ray screenings, stealing cars, and obsessing over his half-punk, half-dandy image. » (Indiewire)