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Fantastic
by no (movies profile)
Oct 7, 2006
4
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8 people found this review helpful
Dead Man is a powerful, visual masterpiece that revisits the 1800's western era in a completely new and fascinating way. Shot in stunning black and white, director Jim Jarmusch creates a story like none other. We see William Blake, infallibly played by Johnny Depp, traveling to the town of Machine for a job offer. Yet when he gets ensared in a perplexed relationship with a girl who's husband walks in unexpectedly at a rather intimate time, Blake finds himself fleeing Machine a fugitive, or worse a Dead Man. He then meets an off-beat native american who goes by the name Nobody. It is here that Blake and Nobody set out into a strange western world of sparatic gunfights and insatiable needs for tobacco, with three bounty hunters hot on their trail. Dead Man is in all ways amazing, a truly facsinating western epic. This has to be the only western film I have seen that explores very profound elements, its one of the films that make you see things differently after viewing it. Dead Man was so apprectiated by one film critic that he actually wrote a book on it. On top of it all Dead Man has a truly perfect score written and performed by Neil Young. All compiled together is your well expected masterpiece. From its beautiful black and white shots to its intellectual wit and reacurring elements, and from its deep messages to Neil Youngs superb score, Dead Man is a must see. |
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