{"id":22733,"date":"2023-09-11T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/?p=22733"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:13:05","slug":"the-dead-dont-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/en\/the-dead-dont-die\/","title":{"rendered":"The dead don\u2019t die"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film by Jim Jarmusch<\/em>. In English with German subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Credits<\/a>] [Tickets &<\/span> Termine<\/a>] [Trailer<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/span>That\u2018s the the\u00adme song\u201c says Adam Driver to Billy Murray, when Sturgill Simpson\u2018s song \u201cThe Dead Don\u2018t Die\u201c plays on the car radio for the first, but not last, time. Does he real\u00adly mean the film\u2018s the\u00adme song, which has been run\u00adning for a few minu\u00adtes? Jim Jarmusch doesn\u2018t make things that easy for hims\u00adelf or his view\u00aders, but it quick\u00adly beco\u00admes clear that the New Yorker\u2018s 13th film isn\u2018t just a zom\u00adbie film, it\u2018s also a meta zom\u00adbie film. The plot doesn\u2018t unfold quick\u00adly, becau\u00adse it\u2018s exact\u00adly what you would expect from a zom\u00adbie film, and Jarmusch cares even less about a con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strange things sud\u00adden\u00adly hap\u00adpen in the small town of Centerville. Clocks stand still, cell pho\u00adnes stop working, the sun\u00adri\u00adse and sun\u00adset switch, and worst of all, the dead are coming to life. For the resi\u00addents who know a thing or two about zom\u00adbie films like poli\u00adce\u00adman Ronnie (Driver) or the gas sta\u00adti\u00adon atten\u00addant Bobby (Caleb Landry Jones) it quick\u00adly beco\u00admes clear that this is a veri\u00adta\u00adble zom\u00adbie apo\u00adca\u00adlyp\u00adse, mea\u00adning the end of the world. The only thing to do against the undead is to sever their head. Ronnie does so with an ele\u00adgant swing, just like samu\u00adrai sword wiel\u00adding Scottisch mor\u00adti\u00adci\u00adan Zelda Winston (Tilda Swinton) who seems like a rela\u00adti\u00adve of Ghost Dog. Many regu\u00adlars from Jarmusch\u2018s oeu\u00advre appear here, from Bill Murray to Tom Waits to Iggy Pop \u2013 who plays a zom\u00adbie of cour\u00adse, and didn\u2018t requite a lot of make up for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2018s not just the cas\u00adting that indi\u00adca\u00adtes that Jarmusch is play\u00ading with the per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon that view\u00aders have deve\u00adlo\u00adped about the actors and musi\u00adci\u00adans. Tilda Swinton as Zelda Winston seems like the ali\u00aden she\u2018s often descri\u00adbed as with her extre\u00adme Scottish accent, her accen\u00adtua\u00adted white hair, and espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly her stran\u00adge beha\u00advi\u00ador. The short appearance of RZA<\/span> blends rea\u00adli\u00adty, fic\u00adtion, and cli\u00adche ide\u00adas so much that the public figu\u00adre is cast as a post\u00adman for a com\u00adpa\u00adny cal\u00adled WU-PS<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the\u00adse nice dis\u00adtor\u00adti\u00adons of rea\u00adli\u00adty help Jarmusch crea\u00adte aworld that is cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adsed by super\u00adfi\u00adci\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty and apa\u00adthy. Even a dis\u00adas\u00adter like a zom\u00adbie apo\u00adca\u00adlyp\u00adse, that turns more and more resi\u00addents into the undead, regis\u00adters as bare\u00adly a blip on the radar, They take their desti\u00adny as it comes as long as someone says: ever\u00ady\u00adthing will be fine! It\u2018s easy to see what Jarmusch was thin\u00adking about. The US<\/span> under Donald Trump. Even though the president\u2018s name isn\u2018t utte\u00adred, you can\u2018t help but think about the dem\u00adago\u00adgue and his fol\u00adlo\u00adwers, about the dete\u00adrio\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of values and mora\u00adli\u00adty. Using dys\u00adto\u00adpian zom\u00adbie films as meta\u00adphors for grie\u00advan\u00adces was ori\u00adgi\u00adnal when George Romero did it in NIGHT<\/span> OF<\/span> THE<\/span> LIVING<\/span> DEAD<\/span>, by now it\u2018s an old cli\u00adche. Jarmusch is awa\u00adre of this of cour\u00adse and doesn\u2018t even try to be subt\u00adle, but rather mark\u00aded\u00adly broad. Jarmusch has rare\u00adly shot more cru\u00adde moments, but the coar\u00adsen\u00adess of the humor makes THE<\/span> DEAD<\/span> DON<\/span>\u2018T DIE<\/span> into a per\u00adfect film of this moment: it might not be the best time for refi\u00adned humor when the world order is collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation: Elinor Lewy
Michael Meyns | indiekino<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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