Jim Jarmusch’s breakthough film is a unique and oddly compelling delight. It’s as if Antonioni made a slacker comedy. The film might not be for everyone, but once you come under its spell it will never let you go. Most films build up and grow as they go along, but like its protagonists, Stranger Than Paradise keeps the same tone throughout and never strays. It creates a certain mood, comments on a certain way of living, and shows that life is whatever you make of it. A masterpiece.