Review of Dead Man
Cast: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Micheal Wincott, Eugene Byrd Director: Jim Jarmusch Writer: Jim Jarmusch Language: English Genre: Drama, Western Release Year:1996 Awards: 2 wins & 5 nominations Color: white and black William Blake(not the famous poet) travels to town of machine in the West from Cleveland to get a promised job as an accountant. When he arrives to the town, he finds that one month ago another person has filled the job. Blake that spent all money after death of his parents to get there, get angry and wants to meet the mill owner (Robert Mitchum)who in his office and talks with a stuffed bear and keeps a portrait of himself in his room. He threat Blake with a gun and advises him to leave the town. That night Blake meets a girl who sells paper flowers and befriends her and is invited to her room. Blake kills her ex-lover who is 
Charlie Dickinson (Gabriel Byrne) in a self defense; he is Dickinson's son, the mill owner. Then Blake is pursued by Dickinson's men and became a wanted man. Next morning he sees himself beside an Indian, Nobody, (Gary Farmer). Nobody guides Blake to a spiritual journey to where he belongs to. Jarmusch's film, Dead Man, is a film in western genre. But we can say that it is an iconoclasm in this genre. The "Dead Man "does not apply to western stereotypes. West in Dead Man isn't romantic. Probably Jarmusch tries to say that outcomes of industrialization have destroyed nature and moralities in the west.In the film we can also see some points about Indians and white immigrant's treatment with them. One example is the narratives of Nobody about his life- white men move him from his home to several countries- and then in his dialogs with Blake, Nobody says in the station where whites have trade with Indians, they sell blanket which have smallpox that will sicken all Indian villagers. The machine town which black arrives in is a corrupt, mucky and unsightly. It is the first view of the west from Blake's eyes. Some sequences in the film which show direct violence are vexing and disgusting. For example the sequence where Cole Wilson after killing his co-worker eats his hand, or the scene where hired killer Cole Wilson crushes a corpse's head under his boot.On the technical side, Robby Muller has shot the film in black and white. The music of film isn't a usual Western music, but it's certainly effective. Like the film itself, it's liable to be an acquired taste.
Charlie Dickinson (Gabriel Byrne) in a self defense; he is Dickinson's son, the mill owner. Then Blake is pursued by Dickinson's men and became a wanted man. Next morning he sees himself beside an Indian, Nobody, (Gary Farmer). Nobody guides Blake to a spiritual journey to where he belongs to. Jarmusch's film, Dead Man, is a film in western genre. But we can say that it is an iconoclasm in this genre. The "Dead Man "does not apply to western stereotypes. West in Dead Man isn't romantic. Probably Jarmusch tries to say that outcomes of industrialization have destroyed nature and moralities in the west.In the film we can also see some points about Indians and white immigrant's treatment with them. One example is the narratives of Nobody about his life- white men move him from his home to several countries- and then in his dialogs with Blake, Nobody says in the station where whites have trade with Indians, they sell blanket which have smallpox that will sicken all Indian villagers. The machine town which black arrives in is a corrupt, mucky and unsightly. It is the first view of the west from Blake's eyes. Some sequences in the film which show direct violence are vexing and disgusting. For example the sequence where Cole Wilson after killing his co-worker eats his hand, or the scene where hired killer Cole Wilson crushes a corpse's head under his boot.On the technical side, Robby Muller has shot the film in black and white. The music of film isn't a usual Western music, but it's certainly effective. Like the film itself, it's liable to be an acquired taste. 
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