Max More, the cryonicist and futurist who places his hopes in advanced technology as a way to defeat death. Phyllis Tickle, the religious historian whose near-death experience shaped her life and her fearless attitude towards her impending death. Gabriel Byrne, renowned actor of stage and screen, who opens the film with the famous Dylan Thomas poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night.” This poem poses the central questions of both films that each person will answer differently: How will we go into the night? What is the narrative that will sustain us – or not?Īdam Frank, the astrophysicist and NPR commentator, who finds comfort in the stars after the death of his brother.Ĭaitlin Doughty, the young mortician and bestselling author with a huge online following, who worked in a crematorium to face her fears of death and is now a spokesperson for the alternative burial and Death Salon movement. Their stories are described below in the order of their appearance in the film.
Part One: Nine men and women search for narratives of comfort in the face of death. Sharon Stone narrates the film speaking Whitney’s well-composed thoughts about life and death. Part Two begins with a small section called ‘Longevity Science’ about ongoing attempts to stave off death-and then continues with interviews with people about life and death. Part One features people’s thoughts and feelings about dying. Written and directed by Helen Whitney, Into The Night: Portraits of Life and Death is a superlative documentary film about the existential side of things-death, that is.
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