Permanent Vacation

Ugh
Because Jim Jarmusch was such a well-known participant of the '70s punk scene, i expected his film to be a decent representation of (the old) NYC and its residents thereof. This student film wouldve been fine if it had been 5 minutes long, but too drag out this nothingness for 75 mins is excrutiating; I had to fast forward through most of it. There is not enough dialogue to keep this film interesting, much less give it any meaningful plot. This insipid celluloid void is a tedious waste of time!

Could have been done better, but is good enough
I like the line where the main character announces something like this: Everywhere you go in life it's basically going to be the same, maybe one place has a bigger bathroom, maybe the other a different kind of refridgerator, but basically it's always going to be the same no matter where you go... In a certain (cosmic) sense that is probably true. ... I saw this film years ago, and it made an impression, as did Jarmusch's other movies. He really had a distinctive style.

A Shining Example Why Student Films Suck.
Viewed: 8/13
Rate: 1

8/13: Great films are made. So are the good and the bad ones. But there are films that exist that should have never been released to the public in the first place. Permanent Vacation is one of them. The movie has it all: no story, no script, no direction, no acting skills, and no point. All in all, permanent vacation, not Permanent Vacation, is what I needed.

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