Dick Johnson Is Dead
United States • 2020 • 1h 29m
Director
#1111Criterion Collection →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.
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.
Credits
Crew
DirectorKirsten Johnson
WriterKirsten Johnson, Nels Bangerter
CinematographerJohn Wakayama Carey, Kirsten Johnson
ComposerHitomi Shimizu
EditorNels Bangerter
ProducerKaty Chevigny, Marilyn Ness, Kirsten Johnson
Cast
Richard Johnsonas Self
Kirsten Johnsonas Self