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Extremis

6.9

MovieDocumentary201624m

A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

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A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

Directed by
Dan Krauss
Genres
Documentary
Released
April 17, 2016
Runtime
24m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United States of America
Studios
Sidewinder Films
  • MMonica BhargavaHerself
  • JJessica ZitterHerself

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  • CinemaSerf★ 6September 11, 2026
    I think that there are some places that cameras just don't belong - and an intensive care unit that's home to a couple of terminally ill patients is just one of them. To my mind, it doesn't matter if it gives us an "insight" into some of the appallingly difficult ethical dilemmas faced by families and clinicians because any such access can only serve to reinforce what we already believe about people's right to choose…Read more

    I think that there are some places that cameras just don't belong - and an intensive care unit that's home to a couple of terminally ill patients is just one of them. To my mind, it doesn't matter if it gives us an "insight" into some of the appallingly difficult ethical dilemmas faced by families and clinicians because any such access can only serve to reinforce what we already believe about people's right to choose their own exit strategy. I think it's fair to say that most governments - even societies in general - don't trust their individual citizens with such momentous decisions, yet when you watch features like this that do - as one contributor reflects - look like a form of torture, you wonder why we don't put the life cart before the horse and insist that people make living wills early enough in their lives that stipulate their own minimum standards for living; their own acceptable quality of life - and if these are not met for whatever reason then the question is not so much about assisted dying as one of unassisted living. Of letting nature take it's course in as pain-free a fashion as possible. The medical profession cannot do right for doing wrong. Questions are bound to be asked about familial motivations: love, comfort and/or even expectations (in the Dickensian sense of the word) yet what we see here seems to illustrate so clearly how little actual say the patients themselves have as their lives beep and whirr towards their conclusion. As a piece of provocative television, this certainly has lots to say - but I felt like a prurient and uninvited interloper during processes that are as private as they are distressing and emotionally turbulent.

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