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Epicurus.com - Dead Man
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List Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Miramax
Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936141788
Format: Black & White
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-12-19
Running Time: 121
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 1996-05-10
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Editorial Reviews:
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Johnny Depp (CHOCOLAT) delivers a remarkable performance in this highly acclaimed tale of adventure and intrigue in the wild, wild west! A young man in search of a fresh start, William Blake (Depp) embarks on an exciting journey to a new town ... never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man, running scared -- until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man." With an outstanding supporting cast including Gabriel Byrne (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) and Robert Mitchum (CAPE FEAR), and a sizzling soundtrack, DEAD MAN is another motion picture triumph from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointment is a Personal Feeling
Comment: Was reading William Blake, remembered this movie and that it went away with the ex and that I NEEDED it. I could need it for Iggy Pop's amazing frontier woman drag queen sketch alone, but there are many more reasons. This is a great film; entertaining, thought-provoking and sinister in its rendering of the Blakeian dichotomy between Innocence and Experience.
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Summary: Dead Man: An Eccentric Surprise
Comment: For those of us from the communities that attend first nations ceremony, this film is a treat and a surprise. Native artist friends often complain that they must insert an "indian guy" somewhere within their work so as to be ensured of entry into various "indian art" shows. One friend paints exquisite planetary visions, Jupiter or Saturn looming fantastically in smoothly-bent and synthetic Earthlines.... but he must always carefully put a guy on a horse somewhere... or it's not Native art to the juries. And so this film takes iconic images and bends them around, from the soundtrack, the contrasty production values and segues, to the fantastically internally-referenced performance of Gary Farmer.
Every last personage is freed to deliver surprises: Neil Young wrote that soundtrack? Yup. Gary Farmer did WHAT with his hat? Yum. The final scenes must be watched carefully again and again to be mined for subtle resonances.
It's a beaut. I rarely watch a film more than a couple of times over long stretches. Dead Man is worth visits again and again.
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Summary: Stupid F***ing White Man
Comment: This is a personal favorite of mine. It mixes tragedy, pathos, mystery, and bizarre comedy in a way that is so disjointed it makes perfect sense.
Depp was marvelous in this. He made some great career choices; the main one being that he rejected "prtty boy" roles. Yet his William Blake character is an almost surealist parody of the very typecast he avoided.
Gary Farmer stole every scene he was in. This was another role that thumbed its nose at typecasting. Yet Farmer's character Nobody, having endured all manner of humiliations his whole life, emerged as an arguably genuine holy man in his tradition. A little off beat, but the real deal.
Robert Mitchum was hilarious as the homocidal industrialist Mr. Dickenson.
The one liners alone are worth watching the movie.
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Summary: DEAD MAN was Great
Comment: We found this movie on Netflix just because it had Johnny Depp and we hadn't seen it. We found it interesting from the git go about the boring uncomfortable weird trip he had getting to Mechanic for his job. The Movie makes you feel like you were actually there. Showed you things the way the old west probably was actually like. We loved the movie and even went online and bought a used copy from amazon for 4.00. Can't wait to watch it again.
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Summary: Brilliant Study of Western American Cultural Roots
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It's creepy in parts but it's also beautiful and funny too.
I think it's one of the most honest Westerns ever made.
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