The Dead Don't Die
Jim Jarmusch / SE, US, 2019 / 105 min.
Jarmusch’ charming, eccentric zombie comedy starts as a macabre satire on consumer culture but transforms into a sombre portrait of our existence as the walking dead. Featuring Met Tilda Swinton as an undertaker with a samurai sword.
Arctic fracking has jolted the earth from its axis, radio signals have stopped, the sun won’t set on time, and in the small town of Centerville the dead have risen to feast on the living. Jim Jarmusch’s homage to George A. Romero’s groundbreaking horror film Night of the Living Dead (1968), which, even back then, showed that zombies are the perfect metaphor for many of society's ills.
Tilda Swinton steals the show as a Scottish coroner with a samurai sword who is not afraid of anything.
Pre-film
Prior to The Dead Don’t Die, in which Tilda Swinton plays a samurai-sword-wielding funeral director, you will see the French newsreel Pathé Revue no. 42: L’après-midi d’une Japonaise (1920, 3') with a new score by Thijs Havens (Eye). Tilda Swinton hand-picked a short film, either from her rich oeuvre or from Eye’s collection, to precede all feature films.
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Director
Jim Jarmusch
Production year
2019
Country
SE, US
Original title
The Dead Don't Die
Length
105 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Tilda Swinton
This autumn, Eye presents Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon. This unique and personal exhibition centres on Swinton’s creative collaborations.
Why in Eye
Zombies in upstate New York. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Selena Gomez, Chloë Sevigny. Another happy summer camp.
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