Dead Man
1st Edition
Published on 25. July 2019
96 pages
978-1-83871-521-2 (ISBN)
Description
When it was released in 1995, Dead Man puzzled many audiences and critics. Jim Jarmusch's reputation was for directing slick, hip contemporary films. And Dead Man was a black-and-white Western. As time has passed, though, the number of its admirers has grown rapidly. Indeed Dead Man, with its dark and unconventional treatment of violence, racism and capitalism, may be Jarmusch's finest work to date.
This is Jonathan Rosenbaum's view. For him, Dead Man is both a quantum leap and a logical next step in Jarmusch's career. Starring Johnny Depp as the uprooted accountant William Blake and Gary Farmer as his enigmatic Native American companion, Nobody, and with startling cameos from Robert Mitchum, John Hurt and Iggy Pop, Dead Man is by turns shocking, comic and deeply moving. This book explorers and celebrates a masterpiece of 1990s American cinema.
This is Jonathan Rosenbaum's view. For him, Dead Man is both a quantum leap and a logical next step in Jarmusch's career. Starring Johnny Depp as the uprooted accountant William Blake and Gary Farmer as his enigmatic Native American companion, Nobody, and with startling cameos from Robert Mitchum, John Hurt and Iggy Pop, Dead Man is by turns shocking, comic and deeply moving. This book explorers and celebrates a masterpiece of 1990s American cinema.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrated
ISBN-13
978-1-83871-521-2 (9781838715212)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Jonathan Rosenbaum is the film critic of the Chicago Reader. Among his books are Placing Movies (1995); Movies as Politics (1997); and a study of Greed (1993) in the BFI Film Classics series.
Content
Acknowledgments
1. Jim Jarmusch as American Independent, Dead Man as Deal-breaker
2. The Story
3. On Tobacco
4. On Violence
5. On Music
6. On the Acid Western
7. Frontier Poetry
8. Closure
Appendix: Aside on Authorship and Methods of Composition
Notes
Credits
Bibliography
1. Jim Jarmusch as American Independent, Dead Man as Deal-breaker
2. The Story
3. On Tobacco
4. On Violence
5. On Music
6. On the Acid Western
7. Frontier Poetry
8. Closure
Appendix: Aside on Authorship and Methods of Composition
Notes
Credits
Bibliography
