They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 · Movie · TV-MA · 98 min · ★ 7.1 · 85% critics
A celebrated filmmaker faces declining health and a shifting Hollywood while trying to complete an ambitious final project. Through interviews and archival material, the documentary traces the long, troubled effort to finish the movie and what it reveals about art, ambition, and legacy.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-08-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (145 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like documentaries about complicated artists and unfinished projects, with lots of interviews and archival footage, similar to Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain; Not for you if you want a clean, straightforward narrative.
Pros: fascinating behind-the-scenes stories; strong archival clips; thoughtful creative insight | Cons: muddled narrative flow; indulgent presentation style; uneven interview focus
Themes
- making of
- portrait of an artist
- film director
- portrait of a filmmaker
Cast & crew
Alan Cumming
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
- OK
Oja Kodar
as Self
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
- SE
Steve Ecclesine
as Self
- RS
R. Michael Stringer
as Self
Peter Jason
as Self
- LJ
Larry Jackson
as Self
Neil Canton
as Self
Cybill Shepherd
as Self
Directed by Morgan Neville