Enter The Void

Starring an early career Johnny Depp with a rogue's gallery of great American and British character actors, Jim Jarmusch's 1995 DEAD MAN is one of the coolest, independentest movies around. In this episode, your hosts discuss: the widely divergent critical reactions, the similarly divisive Neil Young soundtrack, the influences of English poet William Blake and surrealist Henri Michaux, and your hosts' differing thoughts on Western films. Plus, the greatness of Tommy Boy. Film links: Dead Man on IMDb Dead Man on Wikipedia Roger Ebert 1 1/2 star Dead Man review Owen Gleiberman C-minus Dead Man review Jonathan Rosenbaum in Chicago Reader Rosenbaum on Dead Man in Cineaste Dead Man in AV Club's New Cult Canon Slant on Dead Man Film School Rejects on Dead Man Greil Marcus loves Dead Man AO Scott video essay on Dead Man Jarmusch Lincoln Center Dead Man Q&A Briana Berg on William Blake and Henri Michaux Chinmayi Sharma on William Blake and Dead Man Robert Christgau on Neil Young's discography Gunfighter Nation