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Dead Man

Movie · 1995 · 116 min

A slow, dreamlike drift through a monochrome frontier, equal parts poetic, violent, and strangely tender.

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1995 film by Jim Jarmusch
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Year
1995
Runtime
116 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • identity
  • isolation
  • violence
  • fate
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour4
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, Western, independent, road, acid Western, pritcha
Directed by
Jim Jarmusch
Written by
Jim Jarmusch
Starring
Johnny Depp, Robert Mitchum, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina, Gabriel Byrne
Music
Neil Young
Cinematography
Robby Müller
Runtime
116 min
Country
Japan, United States, Germany
Languages
English

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