Dead Man

1996 "It is preferable not to travel with a dead man."
7.5| 2h1m| R| en| More Info
Released: 05 May 1996 Released
Producted By: Pandora Film
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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A fatally wounded white man is found by an outcast Native American who prepares him for the afterlife.

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Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
sol- Arriving in a small town to discover that the position he was offered has since been given away, a young accountant ends up fending off bounty hunters after getting involved in the death of his would-be employer's son in this daringly different western from Jim Jarmusch. Deliberate pacing ensures a very moody ride; a lack of dialogue in the first five minutes and sporadic fades to black effectively capture how tiring lead actor Johnny Depp's journey is, and then when jobless and confused in the face of the local bureaucracy, echoes of Kafka's 'The Castle' emerge. The main dynamic driving the film though is the changes that Depp slowly undergoes; much like Roger Thornhill in 'North by Northwest', he gradually becomes the man that he is mistaken for being - in this case, a cold-blooded killer. The significance of the title is not to be overlooked either, with Depp sealing his fate from the moment he shoots his victim in self-defense, and with serious wounds himself, perhaps the events of the film are merely a death dream? There is additionally a lot of spiritual mysticism, not all of which necessarily fits in well, but some mild identity confusion as Depp shares the name of poet William Blake works divinely. This is certainly not a film for all tastes as it requires some patience during the slower sections, but had the film been any faster paced, the effect may have not been the same.
S.L. Kotar (GSFE) This film has more "fade to black" scene changes than a hacked TV episode on TV Land. And that's the good news. The soundtrack will drive you insane after the first ten seconds but if you turn the sound off you won't miss anything. Johnny Depp was brilliant, John Hurt was the best part of the film and the other actors were awful. None of them could decide what dialect to use and the dialect was cringe-worthy throughout. The theme "no one can live as a legend" must have been concocted by an ad man trying to sell this turkey. The best scene was with Johnny Depp and a stuffed fawn but the director did not have the skill to make it poignant. Just awful.
djangozelf-12351 This movie immediately grabs you with it's first scene and keeps that grip all the way thru.There are definite flaws and weaknesses and it is at least a strange way of storytelling.It seems here there is more focus on the journey instead of the destination and the abrupt ending is the perfect example for that.There were a lot of good actors in this and the western settings looked very realistic.It being in black and white gave it something extra and it was all beautiful shot.Annoying was the overall loud soundtrack which got over played in too many scenes.Still a great movie that's close to a classic status.I recommend you at least see it once.Excellent performance by Depp.A strange and weird film.But...I like that.
FightingWesterner Timid accountant William Blake arrives at the west-end of the world and finds his promise of a new job broken and a short acquaintance with a free-spirited woman turned into a false charge of double-murder. With a bullet in his chest, he's aided by whacked-out Indian Gary Farmer, who believes him to be the earthbound spirit of the same-named poet. Meanwhile, a trio of hired killers, including motor-mouthed Michael Wincott and psychopath (and reputed cannibal!) Lance Henrikson, are soon on his trail.Weird, violent, and often times quite surreal, one doesn't know whether this acid western is supposed to be dead-serious or a put-on, as it's equal parts action/adventure, comedy, and art-house pretentiousness, very much a product of the mid-nineties.Although it's a pinch too long, it's never boring, with an almost always entertaining Depp losing his sanity bit-by-bit with each graphically violent encounter (with gore FX by Steve Johnson!), usually involving flashy guest stars like Billy Bob Thornton (who's Slingblade in turn guest-starred director Jim Jarmusch), Iggy Pop, Jared Harris (as a trio of degenerates), Gabriel Byrne, and Alfred Molina as a racist scripture- quoting trader. Other guest stars include Crispin Glover, John Hurt, and Robert Mitchum, in his final western appearance.The ugliness of it all is beautifully photographed in black and white and set to a quasi-psychedelic score by Neil Young(!), who in turn was the subject of a documentary/concert film from Jarmusch.