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It is inevitable that Jim Jarmusch had had William Blake in his mind. The case may be true about its screenplay writer who has given so much allusion to Blake in the film. The western setting of the film reminds one of the visionary characters of Blake the poet’s works such as Jerusalem, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and other prophetic books of the Romantic poet of the nineteenth century. The long shoots of the film also adds to this visionary character of the film and brings to the surface Blake the poets and not the Blake the accountant’s mind.

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Dead Man – A Tribute to William Blake

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