Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
- Directed by
- Kirsten Johnson
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 142 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker stages fake ways her elderly father with dementia might die. He willingly participates in these scenarios that blend dark humor with genuine affection.
tenderdarkly comicinventivepoignantplayfulreflectiveintimatebittersweet
What happens
Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who has dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents"—in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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