#795: Dick Johnson Is Dead / Wanda (Overlooked Auteurs #4)
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English - October 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Film History comedy business movies interview culture science health dax shepard armchair expert maltin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When veteran documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson transitioned to directing with 2016's "Cameraperson," which was assembled from hundreds of hours of b-roll footage Johnson had shot over the years, it was unclear what a follow-up from her would look like. What we got - the new DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD - is a project both harrowing and whimsical: Johnson inviting her beloved father, showing early signs of dementia and failing health, to stage (and re-stage) his own death. Adam and Josh agree that the film is "a miracle." Also something of a miracle is Barbara Loden's first - and only - film, the verité-style WANDA from 1970, the next film in the Overlooked Auteurs Marathon.
0:00 - Billboard
1:07 - Review: "Dick Johnson is Dead"
Tim Heidecker, "Fear of Death"
27:21 - Next Week/Notes
37:30 - Polls
45:32 - Overlooked Auteurs #4: "Wanda"
1:08:24 - Outro
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When veteran documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson transitioned to directing with 2016's "Cameraperson," which was assembled from hundreds of hours of b-roll footage Johnson had shot over the years, it was unclear what a follow-up from her would look like. What we got - the new DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD - is a project both harrowing and whimsical: Johnson inviting her beloved father, showing early signs of dementia and failing health, to stage (and re-stage) his own death. Adam and Josh agree that the film is "a miracle." Also something of a miracle is Barbara Loden's first - and only - film, the verité-style WANDA from 1970, the next film in the Overlooked Auteurs Marathon.
0:00 - Billboard
1:07 - Review: "Dick Johnson is Dead"
Tim Heidecker, "Fear of Death"
27:21 - Next Week/Notes
37:30 - Polls
45:32 - Overlooked Auteurs #4: "Wanda"
1:08:24 - Outro
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