Stranger than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise This movie could be considered a complete waste of time for many people. The movie is in black and white. This affects the surroundings in the movie. New York, Cleveland, and Florida look dark and dreary. This inhibits the characters, in their emotions. Throughout the movie there is a lot of silence, and tension between Eva and Willie. I relate the black and white theme in this movie to color theory. Black …

…Willie gets on the plane which takes off. Eva is not on the plane, but appears back at the empty hotel. Eddie thinking that Willie and Eva have left goes back to New York. I believe that the separation of Willie and Eddie is good. Willie needed a change; his life seemed to be in limbo. Eva is alone once again, but this doesn’t bother me because I believe she is better this way.