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Dead People

19 minutes | Family | 2004 | United States of America

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In Dead People Deutsch tells the fictionalized history of Frank Butler, a local character in an economically depressed small town.

Synopsis

In 1974 a filmmaker set out to make a portrait of Jay Frank Butler, an elderly resident of Ellicott City, Maryland. Butler was a town character, frequently drunk and fond of speaking of dead people and crazy people, his two favorite subjects. After abandoning the film for 30 years, the filmmaker, Roger Deutsch, now uses his haunting, grainy black and white footage and Butler's mesmerizing stories to meditate on the power of the documentarian to record the truth and create lies.

  • Directed by
     Roger Deutsch
  • Written by
     Roger Deutsch
  • Produced by
     Roger Deutsch
  • Dead People Website
Directed by: Roger Deutsch
Written by: Roger Deutsch
Produced by: Roger Deutsch

Cast

 : Frank Butler

Crew

 Cinematographer: Ed Pinney
Editor: Roger Deutsch
  • Roger Deutsch

    Director

    Roger Deutsch

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