Dick Johnson Is Dead
Director: Kirsten Johnson
Cast: Felix Torres, Isla Sierck, Jed Sierck, Kirsten Johnson, Michael Hilow, Raymond Damazo, Richard Johnson, Viva Torres
Synopsis:
Cast: Felix Torres, Isla Sierck, Jed Sierck, Kirsten Johnson, Michael Hilow, Raymond Damazo, Richard Johnson, Viva Torres
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 familys dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnsons last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
MRQE Metric: 84
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