Film Review — Dead Man
This movie, a “western” on the surface, is actually a metaphorical journey into the nature of life, death, transitions, and frontiers. William Blake (Johnny Depp) is an accountant who has spent the last of his funds to travel West for a job which has been given to someone else by the time he arrives in the end-of-the-line town which is his destination. Through a quirky series of events, he winds up on the run for murder, and is befriended by Nobody, a native american, who is able, finally, to send William home. Cast includes: Johnny Depp (William Blake), Gabriel Byrne (Charles Ludlow), Gary Farmer (Nobody), Lance Henriksen (Cole Wilson), Iggy Pop (Salvatore “Sally” Jenko),Robert Mitchum (John Dickinson), John Hurt (John Scholfield), and Crispin Glover (Man on the Train). Directed by Jim Jarmusch. vnpecawy2q