Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States
With this inventive portrait, a cameraperson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Direction Kirsten Johnson
Cast Kirsten Johnson · Dick Johnson
Screenplay Nels Bangerter · Kirsten Johnson
Original title Dick Johnson Is Dead
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