DVD owners have come to expect good movies from MGM, but not the best discs. Stranger Than Paradise is no exception. Most are just glad to see it released on DVD. This isn't the kind of film that is going to appeal to any sort of mass audience, so MGM should be praised for simply releasing it at all. The picture quality is as good as viewers are going to find and since the film is very low-budget, imperfections show. There is a lot of grain from the original film stock. For the most part though it doesn't look too bad, and it's never really distracting. Kudos do go to MGM for presenting this film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and even more praise for the new anamorphic transfer. The sound, which uses a split two-channel mono track, is decent, but certainly suffers a little due to what the filmmakers had available to them. It's still clear up front, which is what matters most. MGM has decided to include an odd extra this time. Instead of the usual trailer, they have silent behind-the-scenes footage shot in the cold of Cleveland. It's about ten minutes long and has no purpose since viewers don't know what's really going on. All that's left is a series of short pieces that show director Jim Jarmusch and cast walking around in the snow and setting up shots. Is this a great disc? No, not really, but it's almost a miracle that a film like this would even be released when it seems like everyone is looking for the big-budget spectacles to show off their systems.