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- Michaux's phrase contains two fundamental elements: the idea of voyage and the reference to death. Everything in Dead Man points toward the notion of journey. The movie sets in motion with a train ride, charts the flight of Blake (Johnny Depp), a Cleveland accountant, from the town of Machine to a Makah village, and ends with a boat ride.
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May 3, 2018 · With the film’s mixture of imagery, sound, dialogue and acting, it’s not that far-fetched to equate Dead Man (1995) to poetry. The plot is simple and exists mainly as a very hollow means of transportation — though that isn’t to discredit the writing, but rather to commend the forms and shapes it takes in order to convey its emotional ...
Jun 28, 1996 · In the mid- to late 1800s, a man named William Blake (Johnny Depp) is traveling from Cleveland, where his parents have just died, to the Western town of Machine, where he has been promised a job.
The movie, set in the late 1800s, follows William Blake, a meek accountant on the run after murdering a man. He has a chance encounter with enigmatic Native American spirit-guide "Nobody", who believes Blake is the reincarnation of the visionary English poet William Blake.
- Robby Müller
- Neil Young
- Jim Jarmusch
- Demetra J. MacBride
Dead Man: Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen. On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Jim Jarmusch
- 1996-05-10
Jul 11, 2017 · The Jim Jarmusch film Dead Man has been described as “a disturbing, mysterious black-and-white Western” (Rosenbaum). It’s a film where the protagonist William Blake, played by Johnny Depp, spends three-quarters of the film dying.
Nov 20, 2016 · Ohio-born Indie auteur Jim Jarmusch refurbishes the black-and-white Western the way a 19th century Native American might see it––as a murderous and genocidal head trip heralding the deadly homecoming of capitalism.
Dec 5, 2016 · Johnny Depp plays William Blake, a young man who travels by train from Cleveland, Ohio, to the far West following his parents’ death. He’s been promised a job at Dickinson’s Metal Works, but arrives in the town of Machine to find out someone else has already been hired to fill the position.
