Dead Man (1995)

Regisseur:

Jim Jarmusch

Drehbuchautor:

Jim Jarmusch (written by)

Premierendatum:

10. Mai 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Werbezeile:

No one can survive becoming a legend.

Plot:

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

Plot Keywords:

Dead Animal | Very Little Dialogue | Crushed Head | Drunk Scene | Gingham Dress

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Magical trip to demise

Besetzung

Johnny Depp	...	William Blake
Gary Farmer	...	Nobody
Crispin Glover	...	Train Fireman
Lance Henriksen	...	Cole Wilson
Michael Wincott	...	Conway Twill
Eugene Byrd	...	Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett
John Hurt	...	John Scholfield
Robert Mitchum	...	John Dickinson
Iggy Pop	...	Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko
Gabriel Byrne	...	Charlie Dickinson
Jared Harris	...	Benmont Tench
Mili Avital	...	Thel Russell
Jimmie Ray Weeks	...	Marvin, Older Marshal
Mark Bringleson	...	Lee, Younger Marshal (as Mark Bringelson)
John North	...	Mr. Olafsen

Alternativ:

Dead Man (Deutschland)
Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (USA)
Dead Man (Österreich) [de]

Länge:

121 Min | Australia:115 Min | Argentina:120 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland | Japan

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 (video rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Denmark:15 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating) | Australia:R (re-rating) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Drehorte:

Applegate River, Oregon, USA

Firma:

Pandora Filmproduktion

Dies und das:

The lines "The vision of Christ that thou dost see / Is my vision's greatest enemy" that Nobody says to the trading post missionary are from William Blake's "The Everlasting Gospel".

Pannen:

Anachronismus: One of the bounty hunters sleeps with a teddy bear ("Don't tell no one about this!") The movie is set in 1876 but teddy bears weren't invented until 1902.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Train Fireman: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?"

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Mio nome è Nessuno, Il (1973)

Soundtrack:

Billy Boy

Magical trip to demise

What a movie!... didn't want to see it at first.. But, then, when it begins, you take the trip with Blake to the big sea.

So beatiful pictures, such poetry in every single one of them. Hypnotic black and white scenes, still and vast nature, music that takes you down the other side.

It's the unconsious trip of one man to death, slowly descending to another level, deeper into nature. Or is he already dead and is not aware of it? Rivers, trees, animals and spirits to guide him along the way. This is a trip to self-knowledge, a hallucinational, sweet and slow resignation from needs and senses.

Amazing directing, incredible photography and an also amazing Johnny Depp, sunk in his own visions and thoughts, excellent in his portrayal of a man's abdication to parrallel levels of consiousness.

Thank god there is the indie american film making, that we see such beatiful movies.