Experience the graphic reality of DEATH, close-up...
What question has plagued mankind more than the mystery—and terror—of death? This forbidden pursuit has driven Dr. Frances B. Gröss to the brink of madness, but in his obsession, he has amassed a uniquely comprehensive collection of films that depict life in its final, grueling moments. From the savagery of cold-blooded murder to the perverse realities of war, tragic accidents, and the everyday lives of those who collect, dissect, and bury the dead, this descent into morbidity lays bare a truth that all of us will one day face.
John Alan Schwartz
Writer, Director
Michael Carr
Dr. Frances B. Gröss
Samuel Berkowitz
Samuel Berkowitz
Mary Ellen Brighton
Mary Ellen Brighton
Thomas Noguchi
Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
John Alan Schwartz
Leader of Flesh Eating Cult (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vern Stierman
Narrator (voice)
78/5271%
Room 23761%
For Sama82%
In Search of Darkness: Part II77%
Belushi70%
One More Time with Feeling79%
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind78%
We Live in Public68%
The Kid Stays in the Picture65%
Standard Operating Procedure68%
Zero Days73%
One Child Nation71%
Generation Wealth65%
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.77%
Facing Ali73%
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years68%
Disclosure78%
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press60%
Waste Land76%
Woodstock73%
