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(you’re able to probably guess where this is headed.)
On an another level,The Dead Dont Dieis a cheeky anti-capitalist screed, much like its Romero forebears.
Several even stumble around hunting for humans while staring openmouthed at their iPhones.
Most of the townspeople, like Mindy, accept these proclamations at face value.
The fact that theyre zombies hardly registers.
(Lets just say their detached sense of irony is not depicted as a survival skill.)
(The deeper meaning of killing the head Ill leave to Jarmusch in interviews.)
But its the filmsother(third, if you will) level thats its most rewarding.
Not only do they admit theyre in a film, they make light of their public personas.
A few minutes later, Murray and Driver hear the song on the radio.
Why does it sound so familiar?
Its the theme song, says Driver.
and hurls the CD out a window.
Sturgill himself appears late in the film as a zombie, dragging a guitar behind him.
Iggy Pop pops up as a zombie early on.
(Shes Scottish or Irish or something?)
Drivers characters name is Peterson a reference to his previous film with Jarmusch,Paterson.
At one point in the film, Swinton looks down at Drivers key chain.
Star Wars, she says, delighted.
Rosie Perez shows up a few times to play a peppy newscaster named Posie Juarez.
The Wu-Tang Clans RZA plays a local Wu-P.S.
deliveryman, dispensing wisdom like, The world is perfect pay attention to the details.
Driver makes fun of hisown massive formby driving around a tiny Smart car.
Driver asks him why.
Throughout the film, Driver repeats a refrain: This is going to end badly.
He says it again near the end.
Why do you keep saying that?
How do you know?
You sure you wanna know?
Its because I read the script, says Driver.
Yeah, Jim sent it to me, says Driver.
I only got the scenes I was in, he says.
Ive done so much for him.
Some of it you dont even know about.
