Dead Man (BFI Film Classics) - Softcover

Rosenbaum, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851708064 ISBN 13: 9780851708065

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2000

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When it was released in 1995, Dead Man puzzled many audiences and critics. Jim Jarmusch's reputation was for directing slick, hip contemporary films. And Dead Man was a black-and-white Western. As time has passed, though, the number of its admirers has grown rapidly. Indeed Dead Man, with its dark and unconventional treatment of violence, racism and capitalism, may be Jarmusch's finest work to date.

This is Jonathan Rosenbaum's view. For him, Dead Man is both a quantum leap and a logical next step in Jarmusch's career. Starring Johnny Depp as the uprooted accountant William Blake and Gary Farmer as his enigmatic Native American companion, Nobody, and with startling cameos from Robert Mitchum, John Hurt and Iggy Pop, Dead Man is by turns shocking, comic and deeply moving. This book explorers and celebrates a masterpiece of 1990s American cinema.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan Rosenbaum is the film critic of the Chicago Reader. Among his books are Placing Movies (1995); Movies as Politics (1997); and a study of Greed (1993) in the BFI Film Classics series.

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When it was released, "Dead Man" puzzled many audiences and critics. Here, the author argues that the film is both a quantum leap and a logical step in the director's career, and it's a film that speaks powerfully of contemporary concerns. Starring Johnny Depp, the film is by turns shocking, comic and deeply moving. This title explores and celebrates a masterpiece of contemporary American cinema.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0851708064
• ISBN 13: 9780851708065
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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