The person who shoots them is usually in the same frame. When the bullet hits them, their faces open wide in surprise. They are no longer desensitized by television and films at that point. Then they pitch over and lie prone, dead. No one else around them, however, even flinches.
Death is messy, palpable, and frightening, and the corpses have a form and character.
Like most great writer-directors, Jarmusch puts his poetry ahead of his message, if he has any message at all. Down By Law , and Dead Man , so enjoyable to watch. The truth is, I'm not really sure. And I'm not sure if it's entirely successful, but I have never valued directors who only know how to stay within safe boundaries. Everyone else is a follower.