#919: JARMUSCH, Jim: Dead Man (1995)

JARMUSCH, Jim (United States)
Dead Man [1995]
Spine #919
Blu-ray


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 godforsaken outpost of Machine before he's caught in the middle of a fatal lovers' quarrel. Wounded and on the lam, Blake falls under the watch of the outcast Nobody (Gary Farmer), who guides his companion on a spiritual journey, teaching him to dispense poetic justice along the way. Featuring austerely beautiful black-and-white photography by Robby Müller and a live-wire score by Neil Young, Dead Man is a profound and unique revision of the western genre.

121 minutes
Black & White
2.0 Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writer



A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twenty-four page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin and music journalist Ben Ratliff.

Commentary

Selected-scene audio commentary by production designer Bob Ziembicki and sound mixer Drew Kunin.

Q&A

In which Jarmusch responds to questions sent in by fans.

Rarely seen footage

Of Neil Young composing and performing the film’s score.

Interview

With actor Farmer.

Readings

Of William Blake poems by members of the cast, including Avital, Molina, and Iggy Pop, accompanied by Jarmusch’s location scouting photos.

Deleted scenes

Trailer

Cover photos

From the film’s production.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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