Originally posted by MistaMista Tom Hagen: I felt as though the ending should have either been more rational and easy to comprehend or Jarmusch should have completely gone off the deep end and done something really radical.
Is that what you strive for in cinema? Stuff that's easy to comprehend, and stuff that "completely goes off the deep end"?
No wonder you love Goodfellas so much.
To me, the more a director leaves up for interpretation, the better a film is. There needs to be room for interaction between viewer and director, I hate to be suffocated.
With that said, Dead Man's themes are fairly simple to figure out. It's about losing fear in death and accepting a new life. Apocalypse Now deals with similar themes. I suggest you re-watch Dead Man.
