Permanent Vacation
Criterion Collection, The | Release Date: March 6, 1981 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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IndieWireEric Eidelstein
For all its youthful self-seriousness (or maybe in part because of it), Permanent Vacation is a touching vision of what it was like to be head over heels with art, love, and oneself in late-1970s New York. Read full review
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
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. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)
Jim Jarmusch's 16mm feature debut, made not long after the writer/director graduated from film school, is an oblique study of a young man (Parker) adrift on the streets of New York. As he roams, he has chance encounters with a car thief, a saxophone player and a grizzled war veteran, among others. Learning their stories, he begins to seem more and more isolated. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The film presents its characters in a series of vignettes rather than in a traditional story. While it gives evidence of cinematic skill, it has a tendency to draw attention to its film-school parentage. Read full review
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