Dead Man *****

For a while my brother has been saying that I ought to see this Jim Jarmusch film. It wasn't until the opening scene that I realised that I had seen it before but, as seems to be the case more and more, I couldn't remember it well enough to know what was going to happen next.

William Blake (Johnny Depp) travels across the States at the beginning of the last century to take up a position as an accountant in a metal factory. When he finds the job gone, things start to change significantly for him. A little while later he is on the run, accused of murdering at first two then more people, with at first one then another bullet in his body.

This is a glorious thing, shot in black and white, the scenery is awesome and Mr Depp has imbued the character with fearless dignity and a powerful kind of naivity, as he makes the journey from life to death, accompanied some of the time by "Nobody", a Native American outcast who believes him to be, at least in spirit, William Blake, the poet.

Not much happens, it is very beautiful and inspiring.