Permanent Vacation The Devil, Probably

"Jarmusch has a rare feeling for urban desolation....lives...at the mercy of randomness, entropy, and disperal."--David Thomson

Both Jarmusch's debut, Permanent Vacation, and French director Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably examine young lives on the edge of meaninglessness.

Directed by Jarmusch while still an NYU film student, Permanent Vacation is a droll portrait of a young man bored by the prospect of responsibility or even the future. With a score by John Lurie. (1980; 80 mins.)

The Devil, Probably was French master Robert Bresson's most controversial film, focusing on the last six months in the life of a young Parisian in search of his own death. (1977; 90 mins.)