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Dead Man | Year: 1995 Classification: Interpreten - Neil Young Actors/Actresses: - Billy Bob Thornton - Gary Farmer - Johnny Depp - Michael Wincott - Steve Buscemi BLEAK, UNSETTLING I never saw this on the big screen, but after watching the DVD I think it would have been great to hear Neil Young's music coming from all directions and see the brilliant photography on the big screen. Intelligent, Symbolic, Thoughtful. ...Dead Man is a thoughtful, very intelligent and thoroughly surprising movie. It looks like it will be a Western and goes off in quite another direction - although I suppose you don't really expect the ordinary from Jim Jarmusch, or for that matter Johnny Depp. The black and white photography sets a gloriously sombre, but not humourless mood. You can tell straightaway that once Depp's William Blake arrives in Machine, California things are going to go awry. And they sure do. Spectacularly. All is played in an understated manner, that allows the symbolism of the plot breathe. It isn't a movie that spoonfeeds you. It doesn't provide you with slick, easy answers to anything. For example (and this isn't a spoiler by any stretch), who is the Dead Man of the title and in what sense is he dead? Keen viewers will spot numerous clues to the precise meanings. And then watch it again and change their minds. It looks gorgeous, in a bleak kind of way. It is all very static and deliberately slow. It draws out every nuance of atmosphere. And it wears its eccentricities on its sleeve. It's a very good film. You should watch it. JOHNNY LEGEND Dead Man.... is haunting.... irritating... comic.... mesmerising... all thanks to Johnny Legend(oops), I mean Depp - and a good cast and crew.... It`s a smoky and mythical journey, traveled by an ill-fated book-keeper named William Blake... Johnny Depp and his moon-face is incredable.... There has never really been anyone quite like him... and never a western... quite like this 1.... It is something u should never miss..... Buy Dead Man at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Dead Man Search with the Priority Search Engine on Dead Man This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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