Film Review Over Dead Man

Director: Jim Jarmusch, Writer: Jim Jarmusch, Date: 10called himself "Nobody". He believes that Blake is the
May 1996 (USA) Genre: drama / western, Awards:dead English poet who died in 1827. He goes to
two wins and 5 nominations Filming Locations:spiritual journey that is inspired by real Blake poems.
Applegate River, Oregon, USA, Company: PandoraNoticeably, in a key scene, Nobody asks Blake, "Did
Filmproduktionyou kill the white man who killed you?" Bill answers, "I
Main actors: Johnny Depp (William Blake), Gary farmeram not dead".
(nobody), Crispin Glover (train fireman), RobertFirst of all Nobody teaches him "you will learn to use
Mitchum( john Dickinson), Gabriel Byrne (Charlieyour guns instead of words, your poetry will now be
Dickinson), Lance Henriksen (Cole Wilson), Michaelwritten in blood". Soon he learns to cope with the
Wincott (Conway Twill), Eugene Byrd Johnny (Thecondition that he had never confronted. Contrary to
Kid) Pickett.his personality he becomes a hunter and killer but, he
Jim Jarmusch is a leading American filmmaker whodoes not completely change to a western American.
began his career in 1980 with PERMANENTHis eyes are open to humanity. He and Nobody kill all
VACATION. Before dead man, he directed manypersons who want to trap him; he kills big George
films and continuing series of short films. He says theDrakulious (Billy Bob Thompson), Salvator Jenko (Iggy
openness of the western form, and its inseparablePop), Benmont Tench (Jarred Harris), and some other
connection to "America" is the reason that he makespersons. By the end of the film Blake has traveled
dead man in the form of western film.far beyond every where, maybe he is traveling
Dead man is the history of a traveler from Clevelandtoward his death.
to western frontier of America in second half of theThe film contains a continuing contradiction: the
nineteen century. William Blake (Johnny Deep) acontrast between civilized east and Wild West.
gentleman moves to town of Machine, a small townParadox of Blake's spiritual journey in search of his
far in west, where he has been promised a job. Inultimate destiny which changes his personality to a
the first moments of his journey he encountersbrutal killer, the coarse Native American man who
passengers who open fire on herd of Buffalo, all ofdoes not believe in any identity for himself but thinks,
them carry gun and shoot and kill easily. The onlyexperiences spiritual journey, believes in poem and
ordinary conversation that Blake experiences duringhas a sense of respect to the poet, Thel (Mili Avital)
his journey is whit a fireman (Crispin Glover) whomthe girl, who keeps gun in her bed and perfidies to his
cannot even read. Blake is shocked when he arriveslover, has pure and sensitive spirit, Conway Twill
in an exotic, outlaw, uncivilized, dirty and violate city.(Michael Wincott) one of the most skillful killers in the
When he goes to Melta Works, office managercity has a doll and sleeps with that.
rejects him because of his delay, but, it does notOn the technical side, the black and white filming
seem that date and guarantee of work is importantrecalls the primitive atmosphere of nineteen century,
for them. John Dickinson, the boss, speaks with theit gives the sense of nostalgia and solitude of both
language of gun. With no job, no money and no hopeDead Man and Nobody, of all people who live
in a gun city, he becomes familiar with a girl whotogether but live in dread, dread of their own
seems different from others. They find each otherlanguage, language of GUN. On the other hand, during
as kinder spirits but the girl is killed by his formerthe film, black and white space gives the massage of
lover -Dickinson's son- when she is in bed with Blake.DEATH, the great mystery which there is no specific
Blake kills the man by girl's gun in self defense. Hecolor for visualizing it. So, Black and white is another
escapes from town and on the outskirts, hecontradiction.
encounters with a strange Native American who