DLCL Film Series on the Western: Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch, USA)

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Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch, USA)

Dead Man tells the story of William Blake (played by Johnny Depp), an accountant from Cleveland who travels to a frontier town called Machine to be the bookkeeper in the town’s metalwork company. Finding the job has been filled, Blake has no money or prospects and ends up as a wanted man on the run, his only friend an Indian named Nobody (Gary Farmer). Set to a largely improvised solo score by Neil Young, Jarmusch dubbed the black-and-white film a “psychedelic Western,” as it delicately plays on classic Western themes. It has become something of a cult classic, with wonderful performances by Depp and an excellent cast.

Introduced by Tom Winterbottom