Near Death vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Near Death). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 5h 58m. Near Death is the older of the two (1989 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Near Death
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Near Death | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2024 |
| Length | 5h 58m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Frederick Wiseman | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | – | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Near Death
A film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining…
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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