Music ruins it abit
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messiah-cakes — 18 years ago(September 01, 2007 02:57 PM)
I disagree. What exactly made it compelling and provocative? The anxiety, the horror, the haunting nature of unfinished cords looses all its emotive power by the third time they're played. You end up wanting the chord progression to finish, and, by association, the movie as well. You stop paying attention to the details and the characters and just .wait..impatiently throughout the film for that end when you'll be able to play the original Neil Young song to your personal enjoyment. And, though it sounds marvelous in this description, it's not pulled off well in the movie. Like I said, it ends up being uncreative and repetitive and dry, instead of emotive. It ends up being such a lack of emotion, that it drags everything down with it, kinda like a mop, or a clingy girlfriend.
And, I don't think its fair to justify the music choice with some absurd rhetoric about the increase in comparative meaninglessness and degradation of human culture and human spirit throughout the film..because, really, i think all of these subjects would have been treated better without the soundtrack. Nothing distracting. The film is already minimalist, so the oddly-timed, repetitive, uninspiring, and downright cheapening music could be scraped for the sake of an actual story worth raving about.
And this is from an AVID Neil Young and Jarmusch fan.
Seriously, the story's nice, and the acting is pretty interesting.WHY does the music have to suck so badly? I don't think I'll ever see this movie again, and I do feel like I've wasted my time watching it, just because of the music. -.-; -
w_kr91 — 18 years ago(February 28, 2008 02:02 PM)
I seriously can not believe what youre saying. I respect your opinion though. But you say youre a Neil Young & Jim Jarmusch fan and felt that this movie wasted your time? I will not go on and on about how you suck and blah blah, because obviously no one can win a discussion about which movie is the best or artist or song w/e, but I just dont get why you didnt like this movie if youre such a fan of Jarmusch.
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Brasil123 — 12 years ago(April 28, 2013 07:54 AM)
i dig your approach to this discussion. More IMDB forum comments need to be less condescending and morally imposing. I thought the song was great. Maybe the progressions don't resolve nicely, but i think it builds tension and really says something.
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zerohunter222 — 13 years ago(March 13, 2013 11:24 PM)
i think thats the point. youre supposed to feel that way throughout the film. like you just want it to end. I do agree that the music waseventually distracting, and after awhile i found myself doing the same, just wondering, why exactly it was still playing, but i think it served it's purpose.
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au_fond — 18 years ago(June 07, 2007 04:09 AM)
This is actually one of my most favorite film scores. It is also the reason I was introduced to this movie. I am a big Neil Young fan, and one day searching for a new movie to check out, I looked at Dead Man and saw the score was done by Neil. I rented it and discovered one of the best movies I've ever seen, aside from it containing such amazing music.
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aviva00 — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 05:39 PM)
I think the point was to make it funny in parts it's very funny in parts. It's supposed to be, or I've got a really dumb sense of humour.
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X-erro — 18 years ago(August 29, 2007 03:55 PM)
The music ruins it? what? how does it what? Man it's one of the best scores i've ever heard, i freakin love it, the music alone makes the film that much better, it's great film as it is, and the score just adds to that, to be honest i can't imagine using anything else at any other moment. "Music ruins it" christ!
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