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Jun 28, 1996 · "Dead Man" is a strange, slow, unrewarding movie that provides us with more time to think about its meaning than with meaning. The black and white photography by Robby Muller is a series of monochromes in which the brave new land of the West already betrays a certain loneliness.
Dead Man R Released May 10, 1995 2h 14m Western List 70% 53 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score Circumstances transform a mild-mannered accountant (Johnny Depp) into a...
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May 10, 1996 · Dead Man - Metacritic. Summary In search of a fresh start, William Blake embarks on an exciting journey to a new town, never realizing the danger that lies ahead. When a heated love triangle ends in double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man, running scared—until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man."
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With Dead Man, his first period piece, Jim Jarmusch imagined the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, delivering a surreal reckoning with the ravages of industrialization, the country’s legacy of violence and prejudice, and the natural cycle of life and death. Accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) has hardly arrived in the...
In a very welcome surprise the Criterion Collection presents Jim Jarmusch’s revisionist western Dead Manon Blu-ray, sporting an all new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation taken from a new 4K restoration and scanned from the 35mm original negative. It is presented here in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. I haven’t seen ...
The film comes with a fairly robust 2.0 surround sound track, presented in DTS-HD MA. Dialogue and sound effects sound excellent and clear with superb depth and fidelity. But the real showcase here is Neil Young’s score, which is particularly dynamic and sharp, making excellent use of the entire sound field. There can be what sounds like some disto...
Previous North American releases didn’t feature a lot of supplementary material, at best a music video and a collection of deleted scenes, which do also make an appearance here. But Criterion really does put some excellent effort into this and packs in some really great material. First item up is what is labeled as a select scene audio commentary, ...
Criterion really goes the distance on this one, delivering on all fronts. It looks and sounds great and provides some great supplementary material. An easy recommendation. BUY AT:
One of my all time favourites. Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man is a truly one of a kind film, a film that I have been entranced for over a decade by, and constantly revisit it's haunting beauty, poetic absurdities and stark, gorgeous black and white cinematography (holla to Robby Muller).
May 10, 1996 · Dead Man: Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen. On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Richard Glatzer The Advocate. Jarmusch's movie maintains its East Village cool at any cost -- and ends up thuddingly hollow. Full Review | Apr 19,...
