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Updated 3 months ago,January 23, 2025
Dead Manis my favorite work from auteur Jim Jarmuscha psychedelic western (as Jarmusch himself called it) that follows William Blake (no, not that William Blakethis ones an accountant, played by Johnny Depp).
Duped into traveling to the rugged frontier of 1800s America, Blake endures a series of increasingly strange and horrifying calamities.
Beautifully shot in Jarmuschs signature black-and-white style, the film boasts an all-star cast of eccentrics: Depp, Billy Bob Thornton, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Alfred Molina, and more.
Dead Man (1996)
Adding to its singular atmosphere is Neil Youngs unsettling improvised score, which underscores the films poetic contradictionslyrical yet crude, haunting yet darkly funny.
Dead Manfeels like a movie that holds infinite layers within it, daring you to uncover its mysteries while reminding you that you probably never will
