Slideshow
DYING
A film by Michael Roemer
Friday, January 24 – Thursday, January 30
NEW 4K RESTORATION
U.S., 1976
Directed by Michael Roemer
Approx. 80 min. 4K DCP.
Last days: Sally, 46, bonds with her elderly mother as they take things day to day; Bill, in his early 30s, stoically goes on while his wife loses herself in rage; grandfatherly Reverend Bryant preaches a final sermon, then goes back South one last time. Three cinéma vérité accounts, filmed after interviewing 40 terminal patients over two years, leaving director Roemer physically and emotionally depleted.
Scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by Colorlab.
A FILM DESK RELEASE
Trailer
Reviews
“The Year’s Most Distinguished Documentary. A sensitive exploration of the emotions of three people confronting the ultimate crisis, it is the least common of television phenomena — a program that continues to reverberate in the mind.”
– TIME Magazine
“It is called DYING but it is essentially about — and for — the living, a brilliantly illuminating consideration of the experience that awaits us all.”
– Judith Crist