Jarmusch 's first major film , '' Stranger Than Paradise '' , was produced on a budget of approximately $ 125,000 and released in 1984 to much critical acclaim . A deadpan comedy recounting a strange journey of three disillusioned youths from New York through Cleveland to Florida , the film broke many conventions of traditional Hollywood filmmaking . It was awarded the Camera d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival as well as the 1985 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film , and became a landmark work in modern independent film
1984 Cannes Film Festival
1984 Cannes Film Festival
Jim Jarmusch