Bibliograph

Dick Johnson is dead., produced by Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness ; written by Kirsten Johnson, Nels Bangerter ; directed by Kirsten Johnson, DVD/Widescreen

Type

Label

Dick Johnson is dead., produced by Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness ; written by Kirsten Johnson, Nels Bangerter ; directed by Kirsten Johnson, DVD/Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Main title

Dick Johnson is dead.

Oclc number

1286630381

Responsibility statement

produced by Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness ; written by Kirsten Johnson, Nels Bangerter ; directed by Kirsten Johnson

Runtime

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1111

Summary

A playful, profound, and immensely moving docu-fantasia by Kirsten Johnson is a valentine to the director's beloved father, Dick Johnson, made as she has begun to face the reality of losing him to dementia. Using the language of cinema both to defy death and to confront it head-on, Johnson mischievously envisions an array of ways in which the man she loves most in the world might die, staging a series of alternately darkly comic and colorfully imaginative tableaux interwoven with raw vřit ̌footage capturing the pair's tender but increasingly fragile bond. Tackling taboo questions of aging, mortality, and grief with subversive humor and surprising grace, this is ultimately a triumphant celebration of life and the gentle, funny, unforgettable man at its center. Long live Dick Johnson

Technique

live action

resource.version

DVD/Widescreen

Classification