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A psychedelic movie, I’ll give you that. I think that if someone likes expansive psychedelia, they can’t help but appreciate Dead Man.

Well, it's not like it's full of pointless dialogue. There's the Indian Nobody who speaks in incomprehensible metaphors, or quotes from the poet William Blake (but that makes sense within the film's logic), and it's certainly not a film packed with dialogue...

Yes :)

A round of applause for the dyslexia in my comments, I swear I didn't take drugs before writing them :)

@Senior86: bad and boring movie. OK, here the golden rule of de-gustibus applies. Nonsensical dialogues: that’s where you lost me. They may be nonsensical at times, but what does it imply? It’s bad because it has nonsensical dialogues: I don’t think so. “In a few words, to watch this movie you must be made of stuff??” ---> No, you completely misunderstood (I thought I was clear in the review, anyway). It’s the movie that’s high, not the viewer :)

@EL GUEVO: too pretentious, yes. But also self-ironic and even funny at certain points. A film that, in my opinion, doesn't take itself too seriously. A soundtrack that’s amateurish: here, however, you’re completely off track, and badly, indeed. Neil Young picking up his electric guitar and delivering a mostly improvised performance, tied to the film’s pulses, disjointed, excessively intense, at times spine-tingling. A performance that rejects technique (we’ve known Neil Young for forty years now, we know his style) in favor of a superior emotional transport, obsessive, hypnotic, naive in the best sense of the term. Rooted in the deepest American tradition and projected outward. An instinctive soundtrack played beautifully, there could be hours of discussion about it. About how it was conceived, how it fits into the Youngian journey, how it transforms and shapes and takes possession of the film. It might not be to everyone's taste, but to say "amateur stuff" is really a mistake, I’m sorry but you got that wrong. (P.S.: Why a two for the review? I'm not asking out of controversy, it would just help me to know.)

Hello beautiful and kind people! I'm happy that many of you liked this film, the only one I couldn't resist writing a review for (from now on, just music). After all, I reviewed it (and watched it) as if it were an album :D I'm a bit surprised that on this side of DeB (the ophthalmological side) I meet a lot of people, while on the other side (the acoustical side), many interesting proposals only have a few visitors. Have we grown tired of discovering new things? Also, I haven't seen the others by Jarmusch and I don't really care to see them; I'm not an expert in the field, and it shows. Anyway, I owe a reply to at least two commenters:

I’m told that Rob Zombie is a writer, painter, director, comic book artist, and film soundtrack composer. I’m also told that as a musician he has fallen quite low. That album though... what a filthy gem, yes. And I quote myself.

Anyway, I quote Ramona.

Pretazzo, it has nothing to do with it, but what do you think of White Zombie? I'm listening to Soul-Crusher (their first album) right now and it sounds really cool. A thrash metal version of the Butthole Surfers, or a cross between Birthday Party and Cows with Yow on vocals!