Dead man: um encontro com o passado desconhecido

Peter Pelzer

RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2002, vol. 42, issue 4

Abstract: Jim Jarmusch’s feature film Dead man, apparently a Western, exceeds the genre’s traditional boundaries and shows ambivalence, unclear roles in an environment existing between the times of the nation’s founding and the success of civilization. It shows a world in transformation where change is happening, not managed. The film is a provocation for adherents to traditional Western movies. But a closer look at this world offers a surprising insight into a dynamic involved in change processes that also occur after mergers or take-overs in contemporary business organizations. The charm in using the film as a metaphor is at least two-fold. The interpretation with the help of Lyotard and Baudrillard shows a double edged dynamic where the successful new owner after a take-over is not necessarily in charge of the game. Beyond that the use of a movie from outside the mainstream offers a non-mainstream argument inside the core of a mainstream management topic.

Date: 2002
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