The Revenant is my #23.
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) ; Cult Rating:
Talk about revisionist westerns!! I still don't honestly believe that it's a legit western, but it obviously has to be considered an illegitimate one, if nothing else! Jarmusch brings in drugy effects, self-references which date back to "Popeye" cartoons [Michael Wincott ad-libs beautifully (I believe)], Gary Farmer gives his greatest performance in a "mainstream" (read: bigger, CULTish) flick, Johnny Depp gets blown hither and yon just like the feather in Forrest Gump, only to become a tough S.O.B., Robert Mitchum gets to talk to bears, lies to humans, and ignores men, and Robby Muller gets to try to one-up his Down by Law cinematography - I personally love his work in Honeysuckle Rose. Dead Man is a personal movie and should definitely be seen with the best picture turned on and the sound turned up. I still prefer Jarmusch's Night on Earth and Ghost Dog, but this film's utter surrealism and total wackness (the scene with Iggy Pop and Billy Bob Thornton pretty much defines "out-there" filming technique!) pushes it over the edge for people who are interested in avant-garde westerns.
My List
1. Little Big Man
7. One-Eyed Jacks
8. The Professionals
10. Red River
11. Oklahoma!
12. Hud
13. The Big Country
14. Giant
20. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
22. Support Your Local Sheriff!
23. The Revenant
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) ; Cult Rating:
Talk about revisionist westerns!! I still don't honestly believe that it's a legit western, but it obviously has to be considered an illegitimate one, if nothing else! Jarmusch brings in drugy effects, self-references which date back to "Popeye" cartoons [Michael Wincott ad-libs beautifully (I believe)], Gary Farmer gives his greatest performance in a "mainstream" (read: bigger, CULTish) flick, Johnny Depp gets blown hither and yon just like the feather in Forrest Gump, only to become a tough S.O.B., Robert Mitchum gets to talk to bears, lies to humans, and ignores men, and Robby Muller gets to try to one-up his Down by Law cinematography - I personally love his work in Honeysuckle Rose. Dead Man is a personal movie and should definitely be seen with the best picture turned on and the sound turned up. I still prefer Jarmusch's Night on Earth and Ghost Dog, but this film's utter surrealism and total wackness (the scene with Iggy Pop and Billy Bob Thornton pretty much defines "out-there" filming technique!) pushes it over the edge for people who are interested in avant-garde westerns.
My List
1. Little Big Man
7. One-Eyed Jacks
8. The Professionals
10. Red River
11. Oklahoma!
12. Hud
13. The Big Country
14. Giant
20. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
22. Support Your Local Sheriff!
23. The Revenant
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