Dick Johnson Is Dead

7.120201h 29mDocumentary

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.

Actors

Richard Johnson
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Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten Johnson
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Isla Sierck
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Jed Sierck
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Felix Torres
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Viva Torres
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Raymond Damazo
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Michael Hilow
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