Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)1h29
Documentary
Director Kirsten Johnson
Also directed Cameraperson, Deadline, The Above, and 2 more
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.
Where to watch
- Netflix
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Cast
- Richard Johnson
Kirsten Johnson- Isla Sierck
- Jed Sierck
- Felix Torres
- Viva Torres
- Raymond Damazo
- Michael Hilow
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