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Dead Man (DVD, 2000)
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I think this is the greatest western of all time, maybe tying with Clint Eastwood's Outlaw Josie Wales, and maybe Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman. When I watch these movies I think that this is what the real west was like, dirty, crazy and nonsensical. With characters like the Cannibal Cowboy, Iggy Pop's crazed trapper wife, and the Indian Nobody it is like the real history that is so weird that it doesn't get recorded. Yeah, it's a little strange, but so is life. One of the reasons that a lot of people don't get it (plot wise) is that it is based on the writings of the english poet, illustrator and visionary William Blake. One of his themes is that of man going from a state of innocence to one of experience. Which is what Johnny Depp's character goes through. Depp plays an easterner who don’t know anything about the wild west but quickly gets immersed in the thick of it, going from innocence to experience. One of the other things that people don't seem to like is that it is black and white, but you've got to check out the amazing cinematography. All of the scenes are shot beautifully and if you're a western movie fan (or just a movie fan) you won't ever forget the end because of the great visuals. I thought the acting was great including Depp, Pop, and an unforgettably creepy Lance Henriekson as the cowboy who just can't seem to stop killing, screwing, and eating people (including his parents) and not necessarily in that order. If you're a Depp fan, a western fan, a William Blake fan, a Jim Jarmusch fan or just like really good movies check it out.Read full review
This was a great work of Indy art, and a great film, together. The acting was both superb and a little surreal, as the story unfolds in its totality. Come for the acting and direction, and stay for the built in antidepressant of absurdity.
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This is not a typical review, but maybe it may still have merit. This is the movie that opened my eyes to a seldom seen facet of what a movie can be...huh? I watched this movie daily for the better part of five or six months. Now that doesn't mean I sat down and viewed it from start to finish in one sitting once a day. It went more like when I turned on the tube I started playng the movie from where I left off last, and when the end was reached I simply rewound it and started again. After awhile of watching like this the movie developed into a kind of mantra.Certain lines and scenes now had a life of their own,they almost could stand alone without the rest of the movie defining them. Things became personal; take the Crispin Glover scenefor example, after awhile I was almost in the role, looking Blake in the eye,uttering the oh so foreboding words, 'Machine, that's the end of the line'. Don't misunderstand me, I am not delusional, I never felt as if I were tranformed into the actual characters or anything. It's more like after a while things start to seem more important or maybe on some basic level I could identify more with one than another. And so you start to take on certain elements of the film as your own and you can almost stand inside the movie and see things through their eyes because of that base commonality you share. The familiarity is comforting and safe. Repitition has suddenly made this movie yours and even if you can never really convey what happens between yourself and a movie clearly to another it doesn't matter, because you realize that it is something that has to be experienced firsthand to be understood. for me Dead Man was the springboard that made it possible for me to find I could also get this type of "meditation" via repitition with books and music also. It was never a life consuming activity, nor was it weird or cultish. Its more like if I have some free time I'll watch some of Dead Man, etc. So I don't know...want a new experience...a a little repitition to your life you might be surprised how things develop. GUNNSRead full review
Johnny Depp has always been a favorite actor of mine. He has been in some really great movies and I don't think Depp can make a "bad" movie. Depp goes to the wild wild west for a job, and from then on everything goes downhill. I was surprised to see Iggy Pop as a "strange" character in this movie. Keep your eyes "open" for him. Neil Young's Dead Man soundtrack was amazing throughout the movie. The entire movie is in black and white, rated R and has lots of killing in it. A great movie but not recommended for children.
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