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.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Directed by Kirsten Johnson
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
Michael Melton
Self
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
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Lyn Schildwachter
Self
Julie Tilton
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Boris Torres
Self
Production
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Release
2020
Runtime
89 min
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