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Thank You and Good Night

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Written and directed by Jan Oxenberg, this documentary explores the subject of death in a very personal manner. The film focuses on Mae Joffe, Oxenberg's grandmother, who struggles with terminal cancer, but approaches her situation with disarming humor. In addition to extensive interviews with Joffe, the production features playful skits that bring to life Oxenberg's own memories of her grandmother and make use of cardboard cutouts crafted from old photographs.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 09/14/2020
Unresolved conflicts and unhealed traumas are revealed in interviews and... confessional voice-over-and brought to life in comedic dramatizations and elaborately decorative Rube Goldberg-esque reconstructions. Go to Full Review Quentin Crisp Christopher Street 04/06/2022
Though it is unabashed festival material, this really is a remarkable film. Go to Full Review Dan Schindel Hyperallergic 11/17/2020
An at turns philosophical, morbid, and funny meditation on death Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/26/2005
3/5
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Synopsis Written and directed by Jan Oxenberg, this documentary explores the subject of death in a very personal manner. The film focuses on Mae Joffe, Oxenberg's grandmother, who struggles with terminal cancer, but approaches her situation with disarming humor. In addition to extensive interviews with Joffe, the production features playful skits that bring to life Oxenberg's own memories of her grandmother and make use of cardboard cutouts crafted from old photographs.
Director
Jan Oxenberg
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m