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Kino Lorber |
Release Date:
April 26, 2017
Summary:
It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit neighborhood doorsteps—and these days, ten minutes before news hits the web—an obit writer is racing against deadline to sum up a long and newsworthy life in under 1000 words. The details of these lives are then deposited into the cultural memory amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. Obit. is the first documentary to explore the world of these writers and their subjects, focusing on the legendary team at The New York Times, who approach their daily work with journalistic rigor and narrative flair. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling life after death on the freshly inked front lines of history, the film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory, and the inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? What never dies? [Kino Lorber]
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Details
| Runtime: | 93 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.kinolorber.com/film/obit |
| Production: | Topiary Productions |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Vanessa Gould | Director |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Bruce Weber | Himself |
| Daniel Slotnik | Himself |
| Dolores Morrison | Herself |
| Douglas Martin | Himself |
| Earl Wilson | Himself |
| Jack Kadden | Himself |
| Jeff Roth | Himself |
| Jon Pareles | Himself |
| Margalit Fox | Herself |
| Paul Vitello | Himself |
| Peter Keepnews | Himself |
| William Grimes | Himself |
| William McDonald | Himself |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Ann Blinkhorn | Co-Executive Producer |
| Anne Milliken | Co-Executive Producer |
| Barbara Dobkin | Co-Executive Producer |
| Caitlin Mae Burke | Producer |
| Diana Barrett | Co-Executive Producer |
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| J. Ward Regan | Consulting Producer |
| Josh Wick | Co-Producer |
| Katrina vanden Heuvel | Co-Executive Producer |
| Kenn Rabin | Consulting Producer |
| Nion McEvoy | Co-Executive Producer |
| Pamela Tanner Boll | Executive Producer |
| Sally Rosenthal | Consulting Producer |
| Vanessa Gould | Producer |
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