Permanent Vacation is a 1980 No Wave drama/comedy film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch.[2] It was the director's first release, shot on 16 mm film shortly after he left film school.[3] Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia University and NYU's film school.
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something troubled hipster named Allie (Chris Parker), whose Father is gone and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan.[4] He aimlessly wanders around the dingy Downtown of New York City[5] and is confronted by a number of intriguing characters as he ponders the questions of life and searches for a better place[6][7]—always keeping just ahead of whatever it is that seems to be chasing him.
It currently receives a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 4 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Vincent Canby proclaimed this film as 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 1980s".[9] Eric Eidelstein of IndieWire called it "a touching vision of what it was like to be head over heels with art, love, and oneself in late 1970s New York".[10]
Soundtrack
Up There in Orbit - Written and performed by Earl Bostic
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