Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever” is a 2025 documentary directed by Chris Smith, now available for streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
The picture explores the narrative of a businessman named Bryan Johnson who spends millions on the so called anti-aging technologies, with some estimates saying this cost him nearly 2 million dollars per year.
54 pills, hormone replacement therapy and even plasma transfusions that were done by him with his father and son is a part of the extensive diet and treatment Johnson has been on.
For the sake of being with his son for as long as possible and experiencing multiple lifetimes, he wants to be able to turn back time and live longer.
Cast & Crew
- Director: Chris Smith, known for documentaries like “Fyre” and “Tiger King.”
- Subject: Bryan Johnson, founder of Braintree and a prominent figure in the tech industry’s pursuit of longevity.
Critical Reception
The film brought debates on how the socio-economic and scientific aspects of extreme life extension should be approached. Johnson’s methods appear to Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com as excessive but they do raise interesting issues about life expectancy and health care.
Cultural Significance
Noble objectives, recap those ideals that adorn life, that embellish the development of a person. In the center of the movie is the future, more specifically, the character’s struggle to withstand entropy. It regards the battle against time and mortality in a dystopian society in the dark future of 2066 where everything created is merely destined for destruction. It seeks to dissuade the audience from the fact that we will never be able to escape such a fate. However, we can still watch and enjoy ”Don’t die” on the big screen at the Venice Film Festival which teaches a lesson to the upcoming generations. Hence it is let down for the future.
