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.
Cast
Richard Johnson
Self
Kirsten Johnson
Self
Isla Sierck
Self
Jed Sierck
Self
Felix Torres
Self
Viva Torres
Self
Raymond Damazo
Self
Michael Hilow
Self
Michael Melton
Self
Joanne Reiner Tucker
Self
Ken Tucker
Self
Laurie McEwan
Self
Lyn Schildwachter
Self
Julie Tilton
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Boris Torres
Self
Joyce Fogel
Self
Lolita Hirst
Self
Kirk Johnson
Self
Marta Bida
Self
Simona Vuletic
Self
Chase DeForest
Self
Catherine Joy Johnson
Self
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
Singer
Nicole Tio
Singer
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
Crew
Kirsten Johnson
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Nels Bangerter
Writer, Editor
Arielle Davis
Assistant Editor
John Wakayama Carey
Director of Photography
John Foster
Cinematography
J.P. Wakayama
Cinematography
Joshua R. Troxler
Production Coordinator
Jason Spingarn-Koff
Executive Producer
Megan Ellison
Executive Producer
Marilyn Ness
Producer
Katy Chevigny
Producer
Simon Mendes
Associate Producer
Maureen A. Ryan
Co-Producer
Markus Kirschner
Production Design
Nathan Fisher
Production Design
William Mellette
Costume Design
Tara Carrara
Makeup & Hair
Dawn Tunnell
Makeup & Hair
Akemi Hart
Makeup Artist
Pete Horner
Sound Editor
Judy Karp
Sound Recordist
Drake Roy
Sound
Eric Milano
ADR Mixer
Doug Bernheim
Music Supervisor
Hitomi Shimizu
Music
Holly Popowski
Production Accountant
Gabriella A. Moses
Set Decoration
Michael Hilow
Stunt Coordinator
Nadia Hallgren
Additional Photography
Rick Siegel
Additional Photography
John Russell foster
Additional Photography
Martina Radwan
Additional Photography
Andre Lambertson
Additional Photography
Hunter Zimny
Grip
Sarah Seulki Oh
Production Manager
Jane Ji
Art Direction
John Lavin
Art Direction
Carlos Conceição
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