Film: Dead Man

[AmorRoark]

After much suspicion, Skywise finally forced me to watch Dead Man a couple monthes ago. Deffinetly liked it, not what I expected. The beginning is a bit slow but it was essential for setting up the rest of the film. I voted 4 stars.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

bah.. i don't think jarmusch knew what the point of that movie was.. nice and moody though..

I'll agree with that.

FunkyAlfonzo's theory is really something that will make you think but to go along with dyscotopia I just don't think jarmusch has that kind of depth. Personally I think it was more of a rebirth ("did you kill the white man that killed you?") talking about the death of his old self.

I find this movie to be more of a comedy to me, the ironic situations and eccentric characters make me laugh!

 

[wanderlust]

film: dead man

poll

 

[Sideways_Falling]

good call with the poll!!!

 

[AmorRoark]

I use to dispise deadman (before I saw it.. don't ask why) but I was so pleasently surprised at the quality of this film! Though, I guess I knew in the back of my head that it would be good.

Nice soundtrack as well.

 

[Pounding_Grooves]

just saw this the other day, and i have to say i agree with funkyalfonso, im not sure about the angels theory, but i def caught the engineers talking about they sky and that being how the movie ended think i also def think mitchum is the devil, esp when depp is asked " do you REALLY want to see him" and the way everyone else at the office laughs when he asks if he can go into his office,its also great to see crispin glover in anything.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

*bump*

 

[Sideways_Falling]

*bump* (then merged? maybe?)

 

[Kataklysm]

Yay! Top film, I love it, and have seen it... maybe 6-7 times now. The whole tone of the film, especially with Neil Young's excellent soundtrack, it's just exactly the kind I like. Dirty, dark and beautifully poetic.

I don't like to try and work it out too much, although I have a few thoughts, it's best just to sit down, bottle of wine, and watch.

 

[onetwothreefour]

thank you for bumping this...i couldn't find the thread.

 

[psychetool]

Haven't seen this movie yet, but I must say that it looks SPECTACULAR! I'm going to rent it tonight. Thanks guys!

 

[psychetool]

Ok, update. I saw this movie last night and absolutly LOVED it! Interesting characters, shooting style, scenery, and the metaphores/symbolism ~ don't get me started! To me, it seemed like this was his voyage through limbo where he had to attone for the things he did while he was alive by reliving it. The indian character seemed to be his 'guide' through the afterlife, helping him along the way also providing useful advice.

"I see you have collected more of the white mans metal...."

I'm going to watch it again later tonight after the alcohol is flowing and perhaps i'll get a different perspective. Either way, this movie fucking ROCKS! I give it three stars. Don't get me wrong, I loved it, but as awesome as it was it still can't really compare to the movies on my FOUR star list. That is a very short list indeed and only few movies make it on there. People are two generous with their four star recommendations, IMO.

 

[DarthMom]

I use to dispise deadman (before I saw it.. don't ask why) but I was so pleasently surprised at the quality of this film! Though, I guess I knew in the back of my head that it would be good.

Nice soundtrack as well.

why and how could you despise a movie you haven't seen?

This movie is high on my netflix, will post a review when I finally see it.

 

[posner]

jim jarmusch is the man.

 

[AmorRoark]

why and how could you despise a movie you haven't seen?

This movie is high on my netflix, will post a review when I finally see it.

I suppose I couldn't say I disliked the film out of legitimacy. It was more of a joke you see... before, skywise and I had somewhat different tastes in film/literature/ideas :D. Luckily for me, many of those differences melted away years ago.. and I grew to appreciate films he enjoyed with a renewed openness.

 

[DarthMom]

ah, i gets it.

well i have since seen this film and it was so incredible....i will have to watch again to discuss. definitely one to watch more than once.

 

[Benefit]

Easily one of the best films I've ever seen.

It's certainly open to multiple interpretations, but from a purely narrative/technical/acting/dialogue perspective it is superb filmmaking.

Neil Young kicks ass.

 

[Abserd]

I would say this film definitly ranks in my top 3 any day of the week. What I love so much about Jarmusch's films is how unconventional they are, not just for the sake of being unconventional, but for the sake of not sacrificing one bit of artistic integrity for mass appeal. He's not afraid to go just at the pace he needs to and not a frame faster for the sake of marketting the film, even though most viewers would say it's "too slow".

I remember the first time I tried to watch the film I gave up about half way through, mostly because I was in a room full of 5-10 loud, drunk people, myself included, which is not exactly the best way to watch this film. I would say since then (a little over a year ago) I have seen it at least 20 times. I absolutely love this film, and it's that rare kind of film that if I have the time, I'm almost always in the mood too watch, and I never find that it gets old or that I get tired of it, in fact, I love it more with every viewing and it seems to take my appreciation of it to a new level every time I watch.

Absolute brilliance. Unfortunately, I think with most of today's audience the way they are (used to artificially, overly fast paced, meaningless, greed inspired, sorry excuses for films) films like this will become more and more rare, until the film industry finally has another sort of 'internal revolution'. Thank god for films like this is.