![]() What do we choose to remember? What never dies? The film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time. OBIT is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries, via the legendary obit desk at The Times. Neatly framed vignettes of worlds that will vanish along with their notable stars. Mirrors of life’s great variety, humor and pathos. There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. ![]() At The New York Times deposits the details of three or four extraordinary lives into the cultural memory – each life’s story spun amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. ![]()
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