Dead Man
It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.
Country
Production
Budget
$9 000 000
Box office
$1 037 847
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Demetra J. MacBride
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Bob Ziembicki, Marc Rubone
Audition
Ellen Lewis, Laura Rosenthal
Editing
Short description
On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
What's left behind the scenes
- Part of the budget was covered by Jim Jarmusch's personal funds.
- Jim Jarmusch spent a long time searching for film stock with the shades of black and white he needed.
- Johnny Depp supplemented the project's budget with his own money in order to complete filming.
- Actor Gary Farmer also appeared as Nobody in Jarmusch's film *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999).
- Throughout the film, characters speak in several Native American dialects – Blackfoot, Cree, and Makah.
- Throughout the film, characters speak in several Native American languages – Blackfoot, Cree, and Makah.
- Many lines of dialogue and character names were borrowed from the works of William Blake.
- Jarmusch financed part of the filming with his own funds.
- During preparation for filming, Jim Jarmusch conducted research – the film’s depiction of Native American settlements and industrial cities accurately reflected how they looked during those years.
- While preparing to film 'Dead Man,' Jarmusch conducted extensive historical research – the film’s authentic Native American settlements and industrial cities looked exactly as they did in those years.
- The roots of the synthesis of word and image in the film lie with the poet William Blake, who was simultaneously a poet and illustrator of his books.
- The character of Tel is taken from the poem "The Book of Thel" by William Blake.
- The names of the two police officers killed by Johnny Depp's character – Lee and Marvin – were given in honor of Lee Marvin.
- The names of the two police officers killed by Johnny Depp's character, Lee and Marvin, were invented in honor of Lee Marvin.
- Johnny Depp contributed his own money to the budget to ensure the film could be completed.
- The Indian village to which Nobody brings Blake was built specifically for the filming, but with complete historical accuracy.
- Many lines and character names were borrowed from the works of writer William Blake, such as the phrase “Some are born to sweet delight and some born to the endless night.” The same phrase appears in The Doors’ song “End of the Night.”
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