
Dick Johnson Is Dead
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.
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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.
Richard Johnson
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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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Michael Melton
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Joanne Reiner Tucker
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Ken Tucker
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Laurie McEwan
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Lyn Schildwachter
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Julie Tilton
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Ira Sachs
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Boris Torres
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Joyce Fogel
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Lolita Hirst
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Kirk Johnson
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Marta Bida
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Simona Vuletic
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Chase DeForest
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Catherine Joy Johnson
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Brett Eidman
Dick Johnson Double
Michael Fatica
Dick Johnson Dancer
Mary Page Nance
Katie Jo Dancer
Fredi Bernstein
Katie Jo Double
Ana Hoffman
Singer
Vasthy Mompoint
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Nicole Tio
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Adi Gonzalez
Frida Kahlo
Dexter Buell
Sigmund Freud
Kevin Loreque
Buster Keaton
Morgan Green
Billie Holiday
Ahsan Ali
Jesus / Bruce Lee
Samantha Everette Clowes
Farrah Fawcett
Lorenzo
6.4John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
6.2I Work at the Cemetery
7.2The White Cat
6.3Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American
7.3King of the Gypsies
5.6The Fight
5.2The Clue to Love
6.0The Young Observant
7.1Four Hours at the Capitol
7.3Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
7.2Christmas in Connecticut
7.0Passing
6.3The Assistant
6.3Days of Being Wild
7.3Cries and Whispers
7.9Beasts of the Southern Wild
6.8Bad Trip
6.1The Vast of Night
6.6Bonnie and Clyde
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