DEAD MAN (1995) @ Capitol Theater / XYZ Tavern

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On the run after murdering a man, an accountant (Johnny Depp) encounters a strange Native American (Gary Farmer) who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. (Also features Robert Mitchum, Billy Bob Thorton, Gabriel Byrne, Crispin Glover, and Iggy Pop, with an instrumental score from Neil Young.) [Click here for the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2nQMfLqwg) “[Director Jarmusch’s] most mysterious and deeply felt movie, a meditation on death and transfiguration​....​it unfolds with a slow, laconic, dreamlike logic that achieves a hallucinatory power in its final passages” - [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/riding-trail-hell-178806) “This startling masterpiece is simultaneously a mystical, highly poetic account of dying; an intricate, well-researched appreciation of Native American cultures; a frightening portrait of modern American violence and capitalist greed...a warm, hilarious depiction of cross-cultural friendship; and a hallucinatory trip across the American wilderness.” - [Chicago Reader](https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movies-3/) [Rottten Tomatoes:](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_man) 70% (Audience 88%) ========================================================================== 7:30 MOVIE at the Capitol Theater, 1390 W 65th St in Gordon Square.. AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at the XYZ Tavern, 6419 Detroit Ave, kitty-corner from the theater, across both 65th and Detroit. [Click here for the menu](https://xyzthetavern.com/daily-menu) ========================================================================== **HELP CHIP IN:** [Meetup.com](http://Meetup.com) charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque. **CashApp** $JimSimler **Zelle** jimsimler@hotmail.com **Venmo** jim-simler **PayPal** [Jim Simler's page](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jimsimler) **In Person** Pay your event organizer