Dick Johnson Is Dead – 6

The punch line, of course, is that Dick Johnson isn’t dead in this loving documentary by his daughter Kirsten. She uses his growing dementia as an excuse to grapple with his inevitable end, in ways it might occur (but probably won’t), how it will affect people and where he will go (which he clearly won’t). How much you like the film depends on how much you like Dick Johnson, or perhaps how much you want to think about death, but I couldn’t help but feel that the sweet old man was being exploited.