Dead People
Filmed in 1974 and edited and released in 1983 (and then rereleased by its director in 2005), DEAD PEOPLE purports to document the final years of Frank Butler, a local fixture in the depressed burg of Ellicot City with a particular fondness for drink and tales of the dead. Over hazy 16mm footage two decades later, Deutsch adopted a painfully unsentimental view of his early approach, colored as it was by notions of ethnographic film and an undercurrent of fetishism for a man he considered somehow more "alive" than himself. While it chafes against notions of authenticity in documentary and incisively hints at the complicity of the subject in inventing his own history, DEAD PEOPLE simultaneously oozes nostalgia, transcending its own judgment as a gauzy memorial for the man Deutsch once called a friend.
TMDB
9.0/10
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- Status
- Released
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- Language
- English
- short film
Top billed cast
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Jan 1983
- PremiereCollective For Living Cinema1 Nov 1995
- PremiereSan Francisco Art Institute Film and Video Festival6 Feb 2004
- PremiereCinematexas26 Sept 2004
- PremiereAnnapolis Reel Cinema Festival1 Feb 2005
- PremiereChicago Underground Film Festival25 Aug 2005
- PremiereThe International Experimental Cinema Exposition1 Sept 2005
- PremiereFull Frame Film Festival8 Apr 2006
United KingdomGB
- PremiereRaindance Film Festival7 Oct 2004
FranceFR
- PremiereRencontres Internationales de Cinéma à Paris1 Nov 2004
Frequently asked questions
- When was Dead People released?
- Dead People was released on 1 January 1983.
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- No verified Hindi trailer for Dead People is available yet. Only the original-language trailer is listed.
- What is the rating of Dead People?
- Dead People holds a 9.0/10 audience score from 1 votes.
- Who directed Dead People?
- Dead People (1983) was directed by Roger Deutsch.
- How long is Dead People?
- Dead People runs for 18m.
