Kino Lorber | Release Date: April 26, 2017
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LynNov 28, 2017
As "dead tree journalism" fades, it's interesting to think of how many people used to say, "I only keep subscribing to the paper because of the obits." Of course, that's only till they learn how to read them online for free. Still, almostAs "dead tree journalism" fades, it's interesting to think of how many people used to say, "I only keep subscribing to the paper because of the obits." Of course, that's only till they learn how to read them online for free. Still, almost everyone is a sucker for a well-written obituary, and this documentary is a pretty good account of how one is produced at a major paper that really cares about them. Amid the sometimes amusing anecdotes from these writers who deal with death on deadline, it's good to see how seriously they take the job of summing up a person's life. We'll miss them as the process devolves to just listing various celebrities' "memorials" to the departed on Twitter. Expand
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JLuis_001Mar 15, 2018
A documentary about the obituary writers of the New York Times. What at first might seem like an unattractive subject becomes a rather entertaining work that puts a modest emphasis on a quite fascinating and rarely recognized world.
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