Editing Dead Man (section)

==Reception==
[[File:Johnny Depp Jim Jarmusch Cannes 1995.jpg|thumb|[[Johnny Depp]] and [[Jim Jarmusch]] at the [[1995 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
The film was entered into the [[1995 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3380/year/1995.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Dead Man |access-date=September 3, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121034552/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3380/year/1995.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}</ref>

In its theatrical release, ''Dead Man'' earned $1,037,847<ref name="gross">{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deadman.htm | title=Dead Man (1996) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | date=July 18, 1996 | access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref> on a budget of $9 million.<ref name="budget">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/business|title=Dead Man (1995) - Box office / business|website=IMDb|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> Then, it was the most expensive of Jarmusch's films, due in part to the costs of ensuring accurate period detail.

Critical responses were mixed. [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film one and a half stars out of four, praising the cinematography and Farmer's performance, but otherwise stating the film was "strange, slow [and] unrewarding", and adding: "Jim Jarmusch is trying to get at something here, and I don't have a clue what it is".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960628%2FREVIEWS%2F606280301%2F1023 | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=Dead Man | first=Roger | last=Ebert | date=June 28, 1996 | access-date=May 28, 2016 | archive-date=March 22, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322203843/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960628%2FREVIEWS%2F606280301%2F1023 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Desson Howe]] and Rita Kempley, both writing for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', offered largely negative reviews.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/deadman.htm | title=Dead Man | work=The Washington Post (Critics' Corner; two reviews) | date=May 17, 1996 | access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref> [[Greil Marcus]], however, mounted a spirited defense of the film, titling his review "Dead Again: Here are 10 reasons why 'Dead Man' is the best movie of the end of the 20th century."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/12/02/deadman/|title=Dead again|first=Greil|last=Marcus|date=December 2, 1999|website=Salon|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>

Film critic [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] dubbed the film an [[acid western]], calling it "as exciting and as important as any new American movie I've seen in the 90s"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/0696/06286.html|title=Chicago Reader|website=Chicago Reader|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104355/http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/0696/06286.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> and went on to write a book on the film, ''Dead Man'' ({{ISBN|0-85170-806-4}}) published by the [[British Film Institute]]. The film has a 70% approval rating on website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The site's consensus reads: "While decidedly not for all tastes, ''Dead Man'' marks an alluring change of pace for writer-director Jim Jarmusch that demonstrates an assured command of challenging material".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_man|title=Dead Man (1995)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a score of 62 out of 100 from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metacritic.com/movie/dead-man|title=Dead Man Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=July 11, 2019}}</ref>

In July 2010, ''The New York Times'' chief film critic [[A. O. Scott]] capped a laudatory "Critics' Picks" video review of the film by calling it "One of the very best movies of the 1990s."

[[The Criterion Collection]] added the film to their collection, due to its "profound and unique revision of the western genre".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29064-dead-man |title=Dead Man |website=Criterion |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>