1982 | United States | Performance

On Death and Dying

  • English - 21 mins
  • Director | Linda Mary Montano
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Three nuns in dark sunglasses sit at a table playing cards while a nurse is inteviewed about "what death looks like” on the soundtrack. As the nurse speaks, in medical detail, of death as a natural process, the nuns sit with party hats on their heads and light birthday candles stuck in bananas. On Death and Dying is a mocking and macabre look at the institutions of death—how hospitals and religions “manage” death. The tape resolves in the conclusion that “death is a job that you do by yourself.”

Death Performance Religion Satire Ritual
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