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Obit is the first documentary to look into the world of newspaper obituaries, via the obituary desk at The New York Times. The writers and editors discuss their unique approach to writing the obituaries of public figures.
As someone who takes great pleasure in both reading and writing valedictions to the recently deceased, I can personally attest that the movie's dead on.
The real subject here is storytelling, the creation of a stylish, authoritative, highly personal record of "how the world got to be the way it is." One more thing to miss about newspapers when they go.
"Obit" manages to be both about a specific type of journalism and the larger world it reflects while dropping in all manner of colorful lives and circumstances.