About the director 

"The American auteur filmmaker, actor and producer Jim Jarmusch is recognised worldwide as a pioneering icon of independent film and is one of the few true auteur filmmakers to retain control of the entire production. In a career spanning over 40 years, his works have won almost every major film award. With cult classics of American independent cinema such as NIGHT ON EARTH, DOWN BY LAW and COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, Jarmusch, who took his first steps in the film world as a production assistant to Wim Wenders, has broken down conventional genre boundaries and shaped his very own style with an often laconic tone and a penchant for minimalist yet expressive black-and-white images. His unmistakable penchant for quirky characters not only attracts viewers, but also acting stars such as Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Forest Whitaker, Tilda Swinton and Steve Buscemi." (Arthaus.de)

The director about the film

„Dead Man is a very simple story on the surface but there are so many things the film is about—history, language, America, indigenous culture, violence, industrialization. I wanted these things to be important but in a peripheral way. The film has a lot more levels than any of my other films but I wanted to stay focused on the simplicity of the story and let those other levels coexist without one taking precedence.“ Jim Jarmusch, published interview by the Filmmaker Magazine 1996