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A Certain Kind of Death

  • 2003
  • 1h 9m
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7.4/10
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A Certain Kind of Death (2003)
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Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.

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    • Grover Babcock
    • Blue Hadaegh
  • Stars
    • Fred Corral
    • Sherwood Dixon
    • Julie Wilson
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    • Directors
      • Grover Babcock
      • Blue Hadaegh
    • Stars
      • Fred Corral
      • Sherwood Dixon
      • Julie Wilson
    • 19User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Disturbing, well made documentary about death
    Disturbing, creepy, sad documentary on how the body and personal effects of those who die without kin are handled by the coroner's office.

    The lack of music and narration, combined with carefully coldly composed cinematography all add to the disturbing sense of clinical isolation.

    The images of real dead bodies being discovered, cataloged, and eventually reduced to ash can't help but make one ponder mortality, and how alone we all are in the end.

    Yet sometimes the air of reserve feels forced, and there's a bit of repetitiveness, despite the short (69 min) running time.

    Still, a fascinating, macabre, thought provoking film
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      • November 11, 2005 (Germany)
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      • English
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