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.
Directed by Kirsten Johnson
dying and death
biography
alzheimer's disease
stuntman
father daughter relationship
Rank
#26 in 2020·#1682 overall
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Cast
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Brett Eidman
Dick Johnson Double
Michael Fatica
Dick Johnson Dancer
Fredi Bernstein
Katie Jo Double
Vasthy Mompoint
Singer
Kevin Loreque
Buster Keaton
Crew
Kirsten Johnson
Director
Kirsten Johnson
Writer
Kirsten Johnson
Director of Photography
Megan Ellison
Executive Producer
Kirsten Johnson
Producer
Pete Horner
Sound Editor
Hunter Zimny
Grip
Nadia Hallgren
Additional Photography
Rick Siegel
Additional Photography
Carlos Conceição
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Popular Reviews
234 reviews
Ricardo Ferreira
8.0★ · 05/10/26
A maximalist and moving reflection on how to face one’s own death and the death of those closest to us
A maximalist and moving reflection on how to face one’s own death and the death of those closest to us
What a wonderful way to spend your last moments with a loved one, making new and unforgettable memories until the wheels fall off. It’s hard not to take the leap and think about your own or the mortality of your family while watching. Moved me to tears several times and on the flip side the title card gag sent me to the moon.
What a wonderful way to spend your last moments with a loved one, making new and unforgettable memories until the wheels fall off. It’s hard not to take the leap and think about your own or the mortality of your family while watching. Moved me to tears several times and on the flip side the title card gag sent me to the moon.
Casey Holt
6.0★ · 02/26/26
Title is toooo accurate
Title is toooo accurate
Diyana
10.0★ · 02/07/26
Long live dick johnson
Im fucking crying
Long live dick johnson
Im fucking crying
Ben MORTON
★★★☆ There's a bit in this where Kirsten Johnson tells her Dad shes going on a trip to Israel and I almost slipped the Criterion Blu-ray of this film out the window down a floor for good measure.
★★★☆ There's a bit in this where Kirsten Johnson tells her Dad shes going on a trip to Israel and I almost slipped the Criterion Blu-ray of this film out the window down a floor for good measure.
