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A dark, bitter commentary on modern American life cloaked in the form of a surrealist western, Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man stars Johnny Depp as William Blake, a newly-orphaned accountant who leaves his home in Cleveland to accept a job in the frontier town of Machine. Upon his arrival, Blake is told by the factory owner Dickinson (Robert Mitchum) that the job has already been filled. Dejectedly, he enters a nearby tavern, ultimately spending the night with a former prostitute. A violent altercation
May 26, 1995 Wide
Jul 3, 2001
Miramax
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (10) | DVD (8)
It seems to be Blake's name as much as anything that propels the character deep into a strange frontier where Blakean ideals of innocence and integrity have been obliterated by ignorance and cruelty.
An intensely intelligent look at American history and a blueprint for how to (un)make it, from one of our country's finest directors.
a low-key classic of strangely poetic beauty - a western for sleepwalkers and dreamers.
I was held by Depp's transformation from white-man non-entity to the Jarmusch version of the affectless Man With No Name.
Jarmusch's lyrical update on the western genre is a real joy.
Quite exquisite. Beautiful, really.
Characteristically meandering and sardonic, with Robby Muller's floating, shimmering camerawork, a catalog of witty cameos, and one of the most beautiful modern film-scores
Minimalism defines this revisionist and challenging noir- Western, a welcome artistic departure from Jarmusch's increasingly tired and tiresome Downtown New York sensibility.
Depp and Jarmusch combine for something fairly bizarre, yet quietly rewarding.
Jim Jarmusch's most stunning achievement.
Most of the disparagement that has been heaped on Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man is unjust and undeserved. What an under-appreciated gem of a film.
January 7, 2009
Super Reviewer
Jarmusch's take on the western with a perfect performance from Johnny Depp.
October 27, 2011Super Reviewer
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