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Dick Johnson Is Dead
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson 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.
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With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson 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.
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About Dick Johnson Is Dead
Cast
Kirsten JohnsonSelfCredits
- Directed by
- Kirsten Johnson
- Written by
- Kirsten Johnson, Nels Bangerter
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- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Big Mouth ProductionsUnited States
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