
Dick Johnson Is Dead
3.6 |
1h 29min
Released
Documentary
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.

Story
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.
Directors
Nadia Hallgren, Andre Lambertson, Katy Chevigny, Carlos Conceição, Joshua R. Troxler,
Writers
Tags
Casts
You may like

Lorenzo
3.2 / 5
movie

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
3.1 / 5
movie

Four Hours at the Capitol
3.6 / 5
movie

The Clue to Love
3.0 / 5
movie

King of the Gypsies
2.8 / 5
movie

The Fight
2.6 / 5
movie

Love on the Rock
3.4 / 5
movie

Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American
3.7 / 5
movie

Kings Island 20th Anniversary Special
3.5 / 5
movie

The White Cat
3.1 / 5
movie

What We Wanted
3.0 / 5
movie

Passing
3.1 / 5
movie

Mank
3.3 / 5
movie

The Assistant
3.1 / 5
movie

Days of Being Wild
3.6 / 5
movie

C.R.A.Z.Y.
3.7 / 5
movie

Beasts of the Southern Wild
3.4 / 5
movie

Cries and Whispers
4.0 / 5
movie

His House
3.2 / 5
movie

La Belle Époque
3.7 / 5
movie