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Entertainment
Film Review
Dick Johnson is Dead is a Darkly Humorous Dedication to Dad
By Morgan Rojas for Cinemacy.com
Why do we give our love to another person
when we just end up alone in the end? This
hypothetical question has stumped lovers,
poets, and philosophers for years but I believe
it comes down to this one reason: we love
because that’s the only way to live.
Award-winning documentarian Kirsten
Johnson (Cameraperson) shows that loving
wholeheartedly may be painful but the reward
of being vulnerable and sharing your life with
another person far outweighs the eventual
heartache of losing them in her most personal
film yet, Dick Johnson is Dead. After seeing
the mental decline of her aging father, Kirsten
suggested making a film about him dying. In
her unique way, she works through her emotional
hang-ups and the not-so-distant reality
of his death by enacting hilariously absurd
death scenarios. To execute this, she enlists Dick Johnson is Dead, courtesy of Netflix.
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her 86-years-young, retired psychiatrist father,
Dick Johnson, to play himself.
The surreal fantasy moments are sprinkled
in throughout an otherwise emotional and
at times, heartbreaking, storyline. Dick’s
memory continues to decline as the film
progresses and Kirsten captures it all on
camera. The laughter, the tears, the struggles,
the chocolate cake. With Dick Johnson is
Dead, Kirsten has created a darkly humorous
awakening to the reality of death and
the impact we all leave behind when we’re
gone. One of the most powerful moments
comes from Dick’s “funeral,” where a group
of his family and friends -who knowingly
participated in this mock service- are gathered
to reminisce about his impact on their lives.
And even though Dick Johnson is alive and
well, watching from a peephole behind the
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